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Report shows Florida's heat-related deaths may be 40 times higher than CDC estimates

WMNF Radio Tampa

Sep 22, 2026

Report shows Florida's heat-related deaths may be 40 times higher than CDC estimates

Listen: Recently, NPR released a report showing heat is killing 5 times more people in the U.S. than it is reported. NPR and Boston University built a statistical model to find the…

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Report shows Florida's heat-related deaths may be 40 times higher than CDC estimates

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