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  • Stay Healthy During a Heat Event. Tips from the EPA, including checking air quality and limiting outside exposure.
  • Extreme Heat. Self-help measures and tips from the CDC for dealing with periods of extreme heat.
  • During a Heat Emergency. Advice from FEMA on what you should do if the weather is extremely hot.
  • Heat Wave: A Major Summer Killer. This National Weather Service publication explains what the heat index is and ways to protect yourself from extreme heat.
  • Heat Waves. From the American Red Cross, an information fact sheet on what to do before, during and after a heat wave.

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Extreme hot weather. (EPA)