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NPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden toll

NPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden toll
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Collage by Emily Bogle (NPR / ) 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-related deaths does not come close to capturing the full hum...

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