Lessons from Chicago’s deadly heat wave, 27 years later

In 1995, a heat wave killed more than 700 Chicagoans. Today, many people around the city are still vulnerable to extreme heat.

Lessons from Chicago’s deadly heat wave, 27 years later
Michelle Dyer is silhouetted as she sells ice cold drinks along Ashland Avenue on Chicago's Southside as temperatures climb into the high 90's with the heat index breaking 100, Friday, July 19, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) Associated Press
Lessons from Chicago’s deadly heat wave, 27 years later
Michelle Dyer is silhouetted as she sells ice cold drinks along Ashland Avenue on Chicago's Southside as temperatures climb into the high 90's with the heat index breaking 100, Friday, July 19, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) Associated Press

Lessons from Chicago’s deadly heat wave, 27 years later

In 1995, a heat wave killed more than 700 Chicagoans. Today, many people around the city are still vulnerable to extreme heat.

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This week marks the 27th anniversary of a deadly Chicago heat wave that led to hundreds of deaths over a period of five days.

Reset reflects on what happened in the summer of 1995, and discusses the current effects of extreme heat on low-income communities and outdoor workers.

GUESTS: Gina Ramirez, Midwest outreach manager at Natural Resources Defense Council

Rachel Licker, principal climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists