For those living in hotter areas of the city and where there are fewer shade trees and for those with little money to pay for air conditioning, the condition will only worsen with climate change.
City dwellers face extra risk due to summer heat thanks to the urban heat island effect, in which man-made changes to the environment drive up temperatures in metropolitan areas.
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