Takeaways about heat deaths and vulnerable older people

By ANITA SNOW
Associated Press

SUN LAKES, Arizona (AP) — Heat waves fueled by climate change are starting earlier, growing more intense and lasting longer. It creates a higher risk of illness and death for older people who are especially vulnerable to hot weather. Older people in Phoenix accounted for most of those who died last summer in broiling heat inside their homes. Almost all of them had no air conditioning. The dangers from high temperatures so well known in greater Phoenix, America’s hottest big metro, are becoming known familiar nationwide as extreme heat becomes more common in places used to milder weather. Here are takeaways about heat deaths and vulnerable older people