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Feds hope new website can prevent deaths from worsening heat

FILE - Amir Brown, 15, tries to cool down while helping his mother set up a stand selling cold drinks near the National Mall on July 22, 2022, in Washington. The Biden Administration Tuesday, July 26, unveiled a new website, heat.gov, that federal officials hope can help people and local governments beat the heat and keep it from getting deadly. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)

FILE - A woman takes off her jacket during a summer heat wave, July 21, 2022, in New York. The Biden Administration Tuesday, July 26, unveiled a new website, heat.gov, that federal officials hope can help people and local governments beat the heat and keep it from getting deadly. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)

FILE - People try to keep cool at the Justa Center, a resource center catering to the older homeless population, as temperatures hit 110-degrees, July 19, 2022, in Phoenix. The Biden Administration Tuesday, July 26, unveiled a new website, heat.gov, that federal officials hope can help people and local governments beat the heat and keep it from getting deadly. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

This image shows the Heat.gov website on a computer Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa. The federal government hopes the new website can help people and local governments beat the increasingly deadly heat of an ever-warming world. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Feds hope new website can prevent deaths from worsening heat