‘That house was like an oven’: How residents of Philly’s hottest neighborhoods are coping as temperatures rise

City rowhomes.

People who live in “heat island” neighborhoods like Hunting Park are on the front lines of a crisis. Hunting Park is one of the hottest neighborhoods in the city, and temperatures here can rise some 20 degrees above other parts of Philadelphia, leaving medically vulnerable residents at risk.

View the full article in the Philadelphia Inquirer (May have paywall)

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