A resident splashes water onto their face during a heatwave in Sacramento, California, U.S., on Thursday, July 8, 2021. Another round of wilting heat bearing down on the U.S. West will put further pressure on electric grids and raise fire risks across the region before reaching a peak by weeks end. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

“We Knew Who Was Going to Die”: Warnings About Lower-Income Heat Risk Went Unheeded

Many of the deaths in extreme heat events, like the record-breaking one in the Pacific Northwest, could be foreseen, a scientist told Congress.

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