Natural disasters can be dramatic, but heat is more deadly. Chicago learned that the hard way in July 1995, when a weeklong heat wave killed more than 700 people. Chicago has since developed emergency heat response plans. But experts warn those steps might not be enough in a world that is seeing heat records consistently shatter.
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