Nation’s top health leader calls extreme heat a ‘public health crisis’ during visit to Arizona

Nicole Grigg, a native to Phoenix, joined the ABC15 team in January 2020 as a multimedia journalist.

The nation’s top public health leader was in Phoenix on Wednesday to discuss extreme heat, saying that it has become a public health crisis.U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra met with Governor Katie Hobbs privately on Wednesday in Phoenix before speaking before reporters about how the federal government is taking on the issue of extreme heat at the federal level.

Extreme heat is not recognized as a weather-related disaster under the Stafford Act like tornadoes or hurricanes — the disaster declaration allows states to get federal help for costs associated with weather emergencies.Attorney General Kris Mayes called on FEMA to recognize extreme heat as eligible for major disaster declarations in July.According to the National Weather Service, heat is the top cause of weather-related fatalities nationwide.

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