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OKC is prepared for heat mapping across the city.

Hotter temperatures in the years ahead. what does that mean for cities like houston? can you keep up with it -- if the weather just keeps getting hotter and hotter and hotter? >> well, what it means is that cities like the city of houston and others, we have to build in resilience, we have to take into account the impact on a vulnerable, marginal communities . we have to really be a very data-driven and evidence-based, that is why we are doing a lot of heat mapping, in the city, to determine and designate where those heat islands are. we are certainly partnering with -- in our case we have bea...

Last year, Nashville was among several cities selected to take part in an urban heat mapping campaign. Now, researchers have released new tools to help guide leaders on how to address the issue.

Jacksonville went under its first heat advisory of the summer Tuesday. The air temp was 98 degrees. The heat index: was 110 degrees, that's the top 25 hottest heat index for the month of June, according to Chief Meteorologist Richard Nunn.

The results are in for the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada's heat island mapping campaign.