Last year set a record for heat-related deaths in the United States, and this year is already shaping up to be worse in terms of high temperatures. Stephanie Sy reports from Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona, which has been at the center of heat-related deaths, and where rising homelessness in recent years is making even more people vulnerable to extreme heat.
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