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Let's talk about extreme heat

By Bryce Dix
Published July 19, 2024 at 5:07 PM MDT
FILE - With hands covering their forehead, a person waits at a bus stop as temperatures are expected to hit 116 degrees on July 18, 2023, in Phoenix. The death certificates of more than 2,300 people who died in the United States last summer mention the effects of excessive heat, the highest number in 45 years of records, according to an Associated Press analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. With May already breaking heat records, 2024 could be even deadlier. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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FILE - With hands covering their forehead, a person waits at a bus stop as temperatures are expected to hit 116 degrees on July 18, 2023, in Phoenix. The death certificates of more than 2,300 people who died in the United States last summer mention the effects of excessive heat, the highest number in 45 years of records, according to an Associated Press analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. With May already breaking heat records, 2024 could be even deadlier. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Let's Talk New Mexico, 7/25, 8a: Last month, New Mexico experienced the hottest June it has ever had with more records expected to be broken going forward.

On this episode we’ll discuss some of the extreme consequences heat has on public health in the Southwest.

What do YOU do to stay cool in the summertime? Are there enough resources available to keep people safe?

Email letstalk@kunm.org, leave a voice message at the link below, or call in live – Thursday morning at 8 a.m. to 505-277-5866.

Guests: 

Resources, Related Reading:

“Record-breaking heat waves impacted several regions and four new billion-dollar weather and climate disasters were confirmed in June,” National Centers for Environmental Information

“2024 Could Be World's Hottest Year as June Breaks Records,” Reuters

“Extreme heat can be deadly for people who are homeless,” PBS 

“Extreme Heat & Climate Change -What Do We Know?,” Americares 

Data on heat-related illnesses from New Mexico Environmental Public Health Tracking

Cooling centers by state, National Center for Healthy Housing

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Bryce Dix
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FILE - Tony Berastegui Jr., right, and his sister Giselle Berastegui drink water, Monday, July 17, 2023, in Phoenix. A historic heat wave that turned the Southwest into a blast furnace throughout July is beginning to abate with the late arrival of the monsoon rains. Forecasters expect that by Monday, July 31, at the latest, people in metro Phoenix will begin seeing high temperatures under 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) for the first time in a month. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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