It’s supposed to help Americans prepare for more extreme heat.
“We don’t have to accept this. Right? This doesn’t have to be this way,” Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said during a press briefing on the new website. “You could be a mom trying to decide this summer, ‘is it safe for your kids to play outside? To go to camp?’ ... The information on heat.gov is designed to help you [with] concrete, actionable information to help you navigate the risks.
One of the first things you’ll see on the homepage is a big, interactive map showing which regions in the US are currently under heat alerts. For instance, today, you’ll see that Tulsa, Oklahoma, is highlighted pink to show that it’s currently under an “excessive heat warning.
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