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University of Miami researchers looked in detail at 57 households where summer temperatures regularly rise above 82 degrees and why. They found it goes beyond the "classic, low-income renter."

Some employers, like DeLeon Springs grove owner Steve Crump, don't need a law to keep their workers safe. Still, state Sen. Mike Gottlieb is hoping again to get one through the Legislature.

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor is promoting a federal regulation after the Florida legislature signed a ban on local heat protections.

Extreme temperatures can cause far more than sweaty clothes, especially for outdoor workers, children training outside or people 65 and older with chronic conditions.

Parts of Tampa are 9 degrees hotter than the city's overall forecast on any given day, due to population density and development.

The city doesn't just react when temperatures soar. It plans months in advance: practicing, talking to vulnerable people, installing air conditioning units and just figuring out what to do when things get nasty.

When the so-called "feels-like" temperatures reach triple digits, the heat can be deadly. "Heat stroke is most certainly life-threatening," says Dr. Hany Atallah, CMO for Jackson Memorial Hospital.

In April, OSHA officials drafted an initial framework that unanimously recommended moving forward with talks over federal rules to protect workers.

Death certificates don’t always reflect the role that extreme heat played in ending a life, even when it seems obvious it was a factor. That imprecision harms efforts to better protect people from extreme heat.

Multiple organ failure, heart attack and kidney failure are the primary ways people die in extreme heat. Read on to find out how to stay safe in the heat wave.