If it weren't for the traffic along South MacDill Avenue, Javonne Mansfield swears you could hear the sizzle of a frying pan.
The sun is scorching with such violent intensity that even weathered Floridians can't help but take note.
The same is true in cities across the country, where poor and minority neighborhoods disproportionately suffer the consequences of rising temperatures. Research shows the temperatures in a single city, from Portland, Oregon, to Baltimore, can vary by up to 20 degrees. For a resident in a leafy suburb, a steamy summer day may feel uncomfortable. But for their friend a few neighborhoods over, it's more than uncomfortable—it's dangerous.
But in Florida, humidity hangs like a blanket, making it harder for the body's cooling system to work. Without extreme steps to reduce global temperatures, scientists predict, Tampa residents will experience 127"dangerous" days annually by 2099—more than a third of the calendar year. As far north as Maryland, a 52-year-old man died in July—the state's first recorded heat-related death of the year.
Only 15% of East Ybor City and 18% of North Hyde Park benefit from tree cover. All these neighborhoods have gradually lost trees over the past few decades. Gray Gables, a neighborhood bordering West Kennedy Boulevard, lost the highest proportion of trees from 2016 to 2021, but canopy still covers 38% of its total area.
Angela Morris stands in her sun-drenched driveway and rinses sandy beach toys with a hose. She's layered in sunscreen, but in the blazing heat, her skin is already burning.Do they ever play outside in the summer? About 67,500 emergency room visits and just over 9,000 hospitalizations across the U.S. each year are tied to heat, according to the CDC.
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