Heat

Acting Department of Labor Secretary Julie Su was in Tucson on Wednesday for a meeting with local workers and leaders about the dangers of heat in the workplace. It comes less than a month after the Labor Department unveiled a proposal for the first-ever federal heat protection standards for workers.

The longest stretch of triple-digit days in Phoenix history has come to an end after a record-shattering 113 days.

As of Sept. 17, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health reports 256 heat-related deaths, with 393 more under investigation. Dr. David Sklar, an emergency room physician at Valleywise Health, the county’s large, safety net hospital, says it's still too many people.

Acting Department of Labor Secretary Julie Su will be in Tucson on Wednesday meeting with local officials and union representatives about proposed federal heat regulations for workers.

The National Weather Service forecasts highs in the 90s and chances of rain on Saturday and Sunday in metro Phoenix.

“Standing the Heat” is among a six-part digital series of Indigenous-made films called “Legacy of the Land.” Half of them focus on Arizona tribes.

This has been Phoenix’s hottest summer on record, but future summers are likely to be even hotter. And some say the city, state and federal government need to do more to prepare.

Scores of schools across the U.S. are carpeted in asphalt with no shade. The situation has become acute enough that kids are losing classroom time to closures related to heat.

Phoenix continues to set heat records this summer, but other communities have also seen an increase in the impacts of extreme heat. Sara Meerow, an associate professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at ASU, says says there's been dramatic increase in the level of interest across all kinds of communities worldwide in taking this issue on.

A 3-year-old girl died after being left in a vehicle in Buckeye on Sunday. She is the third child known to have died in a hot car in Arizona this summer.