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Scorching its way from the west coast to the midwest right now and according to noaa heat is the number one weather-row lated killer in the u.s. more than hurricanes, more than flooding, more than tornadoes or winter storm. listen to this a new study in the journal "nature" found that 37% of global heat deaths in the past 27 years happened because of human caused temperature increases, meaning things that people did that made it hotter. and with temperatures getting hotter all around the world at least 30 cities from phoenix to nashville have hired experts to try to fight these extreme weather...

Tucson hired a forester. Miami named a heat officer. And Los Angeles appointed a climate emergency mobilization director. Across the United States, cities

Tucson hired a forester. Across the United States, cities have launched new programs focused on dealing with extreme weather, reflecting the growing impacts of climate change on local communities, according to experts. Since 2019 at least 30 U.S. cities have taken fresh action such as hiring specialists to combat the impact of extreme weather, including Phoenix, Houston, Louisville, Nashville, and Oakland, according to the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, based at Washington D.C.'s Atlantic Council think tank.

USA-CLIMATE/CITIES (PIX):U.S. cities hire specialists to counter climate change as impacts worsen

Situated at the flood-prone and storm-vulnerable southern tip of Florida, Miami-Dade County has long figured among the US urban areas most at risk from climate change. But when county leaders unveiled a new climate-related resilience plan in 2019, the dangers posed by rising temperatures received only passing mention.