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All six U.S. regional climate centers will remain online through a new contract deadline in mid-June. Four of the centers, which are overseen by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, were abruptly closed last week after their funding ran out.

The Missouri Department of Corrections had a $14 million budget allocation to install air conditioning at one of its intake facilities. It will take years for the project to be completed.

Thirty-four Missouri residents – aged 11 months to 96 years – died due to heat-related illness in 2023, according to the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services.

With geography already posing challenges for Midwestern forecasters, meteorologist Chris Gloninger says climate change has made traditional models obsolete and has voided historical precedents.

Much of the Midwest and the Northeast is broiling — or set to broil — in extreme summer heat this week.

During the summer, Missouri will reach temperatures that can be unsafely hot. Experts and advocates say this can be even more dangerous for unhoused people.

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