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In a leafy suburb, a steamy summer day may feel uncomfortable. But a few neighborhoods over, it’s more than uncomfortable — it’s dangerous.

The tree canopy coverage in the Florida city is at its lowest in 26 years, which, when coupled with increasingly warm summers, can make for deadly heat conditions, especially in lower-income neighborhoods.

As the climate warms, a person’s health and quality of life hinge, in part, on the block where they live or work.

If it weren't for the traffic along South MacDill Avenue, Javonne Mansfield swears you could hear the sizzle of a frying pan.

Where trees are growing — and who has access to their shade — affects health and well-being, especially in one of the hottest states in the country.

Across Tampa neighborhoods, varying tree canopy leaves some wishing for shade.

By Anissa Durham | Word In Black Photo by RF._.studio/pexels. (WIB) - In August 2019, 16-year-old high school junior Imani Bell collapsed while doing

The Tampa Bay, Florida, area was under a heat advisory for portions of Wednesday after temperatures in several areas reached the mid-90s.

Thanks to a generous donation of exercise equipment from Valor Fitness and a $25,000 grant from the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Foundation, Students in the Athletic Lifestyle Management Academy (ALMA) at Lakewood High School will have the tools they need to get a job as a personal trainer and prepare them to take the National Association of Sports Medicine Certification exam.

Lakewood High School students are getting a head start to careers in the fitness and medical field thanks to the school's Athletic Lifestyle Management Academy (ALMA). Tuesday, the school unveiled the program's new exercise lab made possible by their partnerships with Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital and Valor Fitness.