Scorched by history: Discriminatory past shapes heat waves in minority and low-income neighborhoods
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Children play in a water park on a hot day, Friday, June 21, 2024, in the Bronx Borough of New York. Tens of millions of Americans are facing major heat waves, with temperatures consistently exceeding 90 degrees (32 degrees Celsius). (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)Elderly women play bingo at a cooling center during a hot day, Friday, June 21, 2024, in the Bronx Borough of New York. The heat isnt just uncomfortable. Its the top cause of weather-related fatalities nationwide, quietly killing an average of 350 New Yorkers each year, according to a city mortality report. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)Elderly women play bingo at a cooling center during a hot day, Friday, June 21, 2024, in the Bronx Borough of New York. The heat isnt just uncomfortable. Its the top cause of weather-related fatalities nationwide, quietly killing an average of 350 New Yorkers each year, according to a city mortality report.(AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)Women knit inside a cooling center during a hot day, Friday, June 21, 2024, in the Bronx Borough of New York. The heat isnt just uncomfortable. Its the top cause of weather-related fatalities nationwide, quietly killing an average of 350 New Yorkers each year, according to a city mortality report. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)Howard Shillingford, 58, uses the computer as he spends time at a library during a hot day, Friday, June 21, 2024, in the Bronx Borough of New York. Tens of millions of Americans are facing major heat waves, with temperatures consistently exceeding 90 degrees (32 degrees Celsius). (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)Jorge Morales, 54, spends time at a library during a hot day, Friday, June 21, 2024, in the Bronx Borough of New York. Tens of millions of Americans are facing major heat waves, with temperatures consistently exceeding 90 degrees (32 degrees Celsius).(AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)People wait for the train on a hot day, Friday, June 21, 2024, in the Bronx Borough of New York. Tens of millions of Americans are facing major heat waves, with temperatures consistently exceeding 90 degrees (32 degrees Celsius). (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)A woman knits inside a cooling center during a hot day, Friday, June 21, 2024, in the Bronx Borough of New York. The heat isnt just uncomfortable. Its the top cause of weather-related fatalities nationwide, quietly killing an average of 350 New Yorkers each year, according to a city mortality report. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)Luis Vazquez, 78, center plays pool with Pedro Navarez, 67, left, at a cooling center during a hot day, Friday, June 21, 2024, in the Bronx Borough of New York. The heat isnt just uncomfortable. Its the top cause of weather-related fatalities nationwide, quietly killing an average of 350 New Yorkers each year, according to a city mortality report.(AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)Elderly men play pool at a cooling center during a hot day, Friday, June 21, 2024, in the Bronx Borough of New York. The heat isnt just uncomfortable. Its the top cause of weather-related fatalities nationwide, quietly killing an average of 350 New Yorkers each year, according to a city mortality report.(AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)Jane Orendain, 84 poses for a photograph at a cooling center during a hot day, Friday, June 21, 2024, in the Bronx Borough of New York. The heat isnt just uncomfortable. Its the top cause of weather-related fatalities nationwide, quietly killing an average of 350 New Yorkers each year, according to a city mortality report.(AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)-A woman spends time at a library during a hot day, Friday, June 21, 2024, in the Bronx Borough of New York. Tens of millions of Americans are facing major heat waves, with temperatures consistently exceeding 90 degrees (32 degrees Celsius).(AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)Empty chairs rest in the backyard of a cooling center during a hot day, Friday, June 21, 2024, in the Bronx Borough of New York. The heat isnt just uncomfortable. Its the top cause of weather-related fatalities nationwide, quietly killing an average of 350 New Yorkers each year, according to a city mortality report. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)Elderly women play bingo at a cooling center during a hot day, Friday, June 21, 2024, in the Bronx Borough of New York. The heat isnt just uncomfortable. Its the top cause of weather-related fatalities nationwide, quietly killing an average of 350 New Yorkers each year, according to a city mortality report.(AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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Children play in a water park on a hot day, Friday, June 21, 2024, in the Bronx Borough of New York. Tens of millions of Americans are facing major heat waves, with temperatures consistently exceeding 90 degrees (32 degrees Celsius). (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)