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Parts of Arizona have been so hot in recent weeks that people are arriving in emergency rooms with serious burns just from having fallen on the sidewalk. This comes in a month that has broken records—multiple times—for the hottest day ever measured on Earth.
President Joe Biden responded to this ongoing disaster on Thursday, announcing that the Department of Labor will issue the first ever hazard alert for heat. "Even those places that are used to extreme heat have never seen as hot as it is now for as long as it's been," he said. "Even those who deny that we're in the midst of a climate crisis can't deny the impact of extreme heat is having on Americans."
