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Texas likely undercounting heat-related deaths

Emily Foxhall | The Texas Tribune, Alejandra Martinez, and graphics by Edison Wu | The Texas Tribune, Yuriko Schumacher | The Texas Tribune, Dylan Baddour | Inside Climate News, Martha Pskowski | Inside Climate News

Deaths from heat are notoriously difficult to quantify because of how complex and subjective the process is. It leaves officials with an incomplete picture of who heat kills.