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Barbara Sprunt

This summer has been a scorcher. DHS wants communities to plan for more of them

President Biden, seen here at a briefing on extreme heat conditions on July 27, wants communities to do more to formally plan for extremely hot summers. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

Extreme heat is the top weather-related cause of death in the United States, and the Biden administration is urging state and local officials to do more to prepare their communities for the kinds of scorching weather experienced this summer.

The Department of Homeland Security has created new guidelines that officials can use to help design their own extreme temperature response plans.

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