Summer isn't close to over yet, but heat-related deaths in Phoenix, Arizona have doubled from their rate over the same period last year, according to a new report by the Maricopa County medical examiner. As burning fossil fuels worsens climate change, the largest metropolises in the American Southwest are predicted to keep suffering from record-breaking heat waves.
NASA imagery revealed that Phoenix streets reached temperatures as high as 160º F during the heat wave, with Sky Harbor Airport reaching 118º F by 3 PM. This breaks the record of 116º F that had been set in the Arizona city more than four decades ago in 1983.
