PHOENIX (AZFamily) — It’s been an abnormally hot start to summer, and tragically (as of Wednesday morning), there have already been 23 confirmed heat-related deaths in Maricopa County this year.

Temperatures were close to 100 degrees on Sunday in the Phoenix area where four hikers were rescued, and one perished in the ...

“For the first time in a decade, Phoenix saw a decline in heat-related deaths last year, proving that our expanded relief efforts make a difference,” Councilwoman Kesha Hodge Washington said.

A major challenge is the lack of standardized methods for measuring heat and tracking heat-related deaths. Phoenix is ... reporter says Caitlin O’Hara, a Phoenix-area freelance photojournalist ...