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Weather Swings Create Harsh Obstacles for California's Unhoused Population

KQED News Staff
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A woman in a pink hat leans on a chainlink fence under a freeway overpass.
Deanna Everhart, an unhoused woman in Fresno, lives with Shannon (pictured) under an overpass of the 180 freeway on July 1, 2023. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)

Summer Heat and Winter Storms Make Life on the Streets a Year-Round Battle With Climate Change

Earth’s hottest summer ever recorded is behind us. Now, California is headed into another potentially drenching winter, while some communities are still recovering from last year’s winter storms.

As climate change makes extreme weather more common, one group of Californians is living on the frontlines: those experiencing homelessness. Vanessa Rancaño/KQED News

 

 

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