"Donald Trump's decision to boycott Cop30, withdraw the US from the Paris agreement and illegally terminate a slew of investments in renewable energy will not change the reality of climate breakdown for Americans. In what has become an annual reporting tradition, I found myself in Arizona reporting on heat-related deaths during yet another gruelling heatwave, when temperatures topped 43C (110F) on 13 out of 14 straight days in Phoenix."
"In Mohave county, a vast sprawling desert area that borders California and Nevada, about 70% of confirmed heat-related deaths occur indoors, with low-income residents living in RVs and mobile homes most at risk. I went to meet the family of Richard Chamblee, who died just two days after his central air conditioning broke. Richard was clinically obese and bed-bound in the living room as the temperature hit 46C but his family could not afford to immediately replace or repair the AC system."
Donald Trump's decisions to withdraw from climate agreements and cut renewable investments do not prevent escalating climate impacts. Arizona experienced a prolonged heatwave with temperatures topping 43C on most days, driving a wave of heat-related deaths. Hundreds of autopsy reports from county medical examiners link many fatalities to prolonged high temperatures and indoor exposures. In Mohave county about 70% of confirmed heat deaths occur indoors, with residents of RVs and mobile homes especially vulnerable. Case details show failing or unaffordable cooling, preexisting health conditions, poor housing insulation and poverty as immediate contributors to fatal overheating.
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