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Based on factors like poverty levels, green space and air conditioner ownership, Bushwick and a number of other city neighborhoods are more vulnerable than others to the effects of extreme heat.
Based on factors like poverty levels, green space and air conditioner ownership, Bushwick and a number of other city neighborhoods are more vulnerable than others to the effects of extreme heat.
This summer, coming to a close on Wednesday, September 22, brought heat waves, record-breaking rainfall and floods. However, it is extreme heat that kills more people than all the other “extreme weather events” — floods, winds, cold, tornadoes and so on — combined.
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