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One person was transported to a hospital and dozens more were treated for heat-related illnesses on Tuesday at a promotional event for rapper Cardi B at a Houston-area Walmart.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/pop-culture/2025/09/24/531756/cardi-b-meet-and-greet-at-cypress-walmart-marked-by-heat-related-illnesses-as-fans-wait-outside/

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METRO has begun rolling out new bus shelters in select areas of Houston as part of its pilot program to lower temperatures and better protect riders from the heat.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/06/20/524556/houston-metro-begins-new-pilot-program-to-lower-bus-shelter-temperatures/

#HealthScience #Houston #Local #News #Transportation #BusShelters #HotStops #HoustonGulftonNeighborhood #HoustonHeat #Metro #METROBusShelter

Houston and Harris County are getting financial assistance from a local electricity retailer to operate more than 20 cooling centers throughout the summer months.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/06/13/523979/city-of-houston-harris-county-operating-summertime-cooling-centers-with-help-of-reliant-energy/

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A new study from the Houston Advanced Research Center has found some neighborhoods in the region could be up to 14 degrees hotter than others at the same time on the same day.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/02/25/514698/harc-one-houston-neighborhood-could-be-up-to-14-degrees-hotter-than-another-on-the-same-day/

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"Heat-related deaths rose by 231%." A new study from Harris County Public Health shows that heat-related illnesses are on the rise in Houston.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2024/12/17/509030/report-heat-related-illnesses-have-increased-significantly-in-harris-county-as-average-temperature-increases/

#HealthScience #Local #News #Weather #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #HealthImpactsOfExcessiveHeatInHarrisCounty2024 #HeatRelatedDeath #HeatRelatedIllnesse #HoustonHeat

Houston, with its extreme heat, flooding and property-crime rates, has been deemed the riskiest city in America in which to own a home.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2024/02/14/477471/houston-is-the-riskiest-city-in-the-u-s-to-own-a-home-report-says/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Flooding #Housing #Houston #Local #News #HomeInsurance #HomeownersInsurance #HoustonFlooding #HoustonHeat #HoustonHomeowners #NaturalDisasters

More #HoustonHeat plus wretched TX politics vibes, so we watched Puss n Boots: the Last Wish last night & it was fun & charming, perfect summer streaming.

My kids are in their 20s so I’m unlikely to see it w them but I’d imagine those w 6-12 yos would love it.