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“If 130 homeless people were dying in any other way it would be considered a mass casualty event,” said Kristie L. Ebi, a professor of global health at the University of Washington.

PHOENIX — Hundreds of blue, green and grey tents are pitched under the sun’s searing rays in downtown Phoenix, a jumble of flimsy canvas and plastic along dusty sidewalks. Here, in the hottest big city in America, thousands of homeless people swelter as the summer’s triple digit temperatures arrive. The

Excessive heat causes more deaths in the U.S. than hurricanes, flooding and tornadoes combined. Its especially dangerous for Americas homeless.

Global warming is ramping up the dangers of being outside on hot days and not just in desert areas like Las Vegas or Phoenix.

Global warming is ramping up the dangers of being outside on hot days and not just in desert areas like Las Vegas or Phoenix.

Excessive heat causes more deaths in the U.S. than hurricanes, flooding and tornadoes combined. Its especially dangerous for Americas homeless.

Global warming is ramping up the dangers of being outside on hot days and not just in desert areas like Las Vegas or Phoenix.

Excessive heat causes more deaths in the U.S. than hurricanes, flooding and tornadoes combined. Its especially dangerous for Americas homeless.

Global warming is ramping up the dangers of being outside on hot days and not just in desert areas like Las Vegas or Phoenix.

Hundreds of homeless people die in the streets each year from the heat, in cities around the U.S. and the world