This story was produced in collaboration between WUSF and Climate Central. Melba Newsome (Climate Central) contributed science reporting and Julia Elman (Climate Central) contributed data reporting.
Christina Duarte, 43, is cheerful with long brown hair. She’s glowing at more than six months pregnant with her eighth child.
“I have had four during the summertime… I don’t know if it’s my age or this heat, but it has never felt this hot to me,” she said…