America’s hottest city keeps getting hotter: How Phoenix is battling extreme heat
Average temperatures in the city are now 2.5 degrees hotter than they were in the middle of the last century. It isn’t just uncomfortable; it’s deadly.
On a recent weekday afternoon in Phoenix, as the temperature soared to 108 degrees Fahrenheit, David Hondula—the city’s first director of its new Office of Heat Response and Mitigation—headed outside.