Mobile cooling stations and freezing IV: The struggle for survival in America’s hottest city

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The United States' brutal heatwaves are particularly punishing in Arizona, where cacti are suddenly collapsing under extreme temperatures. But one city has found some creative ways to combat the heat.

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("We do get flash floods and those other things, but this is taking more lives."

Each station takes a cool box filled with some basic but effective equipment on what are an increasing number of heat-related callouts. Since 2020 more than 160 kilometres of the city's roads have been treated with a specially designed reflective coating known as cool pavement.In an attempt to combat the heat, Phoenix roads have been treated with a specially designed coating known as cool pavement."Less of the energy from the Sun is stored in the actual pavement and more is reflected back into the atmosphere," said urban climate researcher Ariane Middel from Arizona State University.

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