Sweltering streets: Hundreds of homeless die in extreme heat

PHOENIX >> Hundreds of blue, green and grey tents are pitched under the sun’s searing rays in downtown Phoenix, a jumble of flimsy canvas and plastic along dusty sidewalks. Here, in the hottest big city in America, thousands of homeless people swelter as the summer’s triple-digit temperatures arrive.

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