PHOENIX (AZFamily) — More than half of the heat-related deaths in Maricopa County last year were tied to substance abuse. The ...

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.

“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.

Temperatures in the Phoenix area were close to 100 degrees on Sunday. One person died on Sunday afternoon after suffering a heat-related ... deaths happen on trails between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m ...

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 ...