Degrees of survival: Warming temps add fuel to homelessness crisis in Las Vegas

Temperatures in Southern Nevada are getting hotter.

Las Vegas has already shattered 36 daily heat records this year — and it is not even summer yet — adding an extra challenge to the already difficult lives for the homeless population in our valley.

“Soon as this month rolls around, I start praying,” said Tasha M. at Cashman Park on Monday, “With the shuffling around with homeless people, moving them park to park, bench to bench, it’s not fair. Especially in the summer.”…

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