Texas heat-related deaths reached a two-decade high in 2022 amid extreme temperatures

The border wall as seen from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter in southern New Mexico on Dec. 14, 2021. Migrant advocates say border enforcement efforts have contributed to an increase in heat-related deaths of migrants. (Credit: Justin Hamel for The Texas Tribune)

Editor's note: This story has been updated to include data from the last three months of 2022.

Heat-related deaths in Texas last year reached a new high for this century amid a sharp rise in migrant deaths and soaring temperatures enhanced by climate change, according to a Texas Tribune analysis of state data going back to 1999.