Phoenix Is Facing a Hurricane Katrina of Heat. It’s Not Alone.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-05-29/phoenix-is-facing-a-deadly-hurricane-katrina-of-heat-spurred-by-climate-change?utm_campaign=opinion&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews
by Extreme_Qwerty
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“In Arizona’s Maricopa County, home to the capital of Phoenix, nearly 2,000 people have died of heat-related deaths in the past five years. Built in a desert with limited [water supplies](https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-02-12/climate-change-arizona-is-smart-about-water-it-should-stay-that-way?sref=ZtdQlmKR) and expanding rapidly, Phoenix, once called “the world’s [least-sustainable city](https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-07-24/heat-wave-can-we-keep-living-in-places-like-phoenix?sref=ZtdQlmKR),” might be an extreme case. But it’s also a cautionary tale of what to expect as the planet warms and tests the boundaries of human survivability.”