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Heat advisories continue for Lafayette
Heat indices will top out at 113 degrees around Lafayette Parish this week.
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Heat indices will top out at 113 degrees around Lafayette Parish this week.
Local and state officials are beginning to treat summer heat like hurricanes: a deadly and seasonal threat.
Providers warn the duration of this summer’s record-breaking heatwave is exacerbating health problems and poses a heightened risk all on its own.
Despite extreme heat being the No. 1 cause of death among weather events, more deadly than hurricanes, or floods and tornadoes combined, institutional protections from it often fall short.
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