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"Phoenix Tries To Reverse Its 'Silent Storm' Of Heat Deaths" [1]

"There is a moment as heatstroke sets in when the body, no longer able to cool itself, stops sweating. Joey Azuela remembers it well.

"My body felt hot, like, in a different way," he says. "It was like a 'I'm cooking' hot."

Three summers ago, Azuela, then 14, and his father were hiking a trail in one of Phoenix's rugged desert preserves. It was not an unusually hot day for Phoenix, but they had gotten a later start than usual. By the time they reached the top, Azuela was weak and nauseous. They had run out of water."

Will Stone reports for NPR/KJZZ July 9, 2018. [2]

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Source: NPR [2], 07/10/2018
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/phoenix-tries-reverse-its-silent-storm-heat-deaths [2] https://www.npr.org/2018/07/09/624643780/phoenix-tries-to-reverse-its-silent-storm-of-heat-deaths [3] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09072018/heat-waves-global-warming-overnight-high-temperatures-impact-health-wildlife-wildfires-agriculture [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [9] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81