NPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden toll
NPRAugust 31, 2026
Thousands of Americans die every year from a chronically underreported cause: heat. As summer heat intensifies because of human-driven climate change, the United States' official tally of heat-relat…
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