Reposted by Rebecca Burns
@elviamalagon.bsky.social and I have been tracking and covering heat-related deaths all summer, and for good reason— at least 16 people have died from heat exposure in Cook County, 13 in Chicago, mostly on the South Side.
That's the most in at least a decade.
chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/...
chicago.suntimes.com
'All heat-related deaths are preventable' but in the Chicago area 16 died from heat this summer
Nine of the people who died from heat this summer in Cook County did so inside their homes or apartments and many had no working air conditioning, according to a review of records from the Cook County...