Over the past year, more than 13,000 people in Maricopa County became homeless.Among them was Jay Duval, who pitched a tent downtown after his roommate moved out and he could no longer afford an apartment.“They wanted $1,200 a month for a studio. That’s crazy,” Duval said.
St. Vincent de Paul’s daytime heat relief center just south of downtown Phoenix opens at 8 a.m. Zelphya Ynzunza, who works there, says during this heat wave, there’s been a line at the door every morning.“You can just see it on their faces, like they’re overwhelmed or they just can’t wait to get in,” Ynzunza said.Ynzunza says lately, a day’s worth of cold water bottles has
The extreme heat scorching Phoenix set a new record Tuesday, the 19th consecutive day temperatures hit at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit in a summer of suffering echoing around much of the globe.As human-caused climate change and a newly formed El Nino are combining to shatter heat records worldwide, the Phoenix region stands apart among major metropolitan areas in the U.S.