City leaders in AZ and U.S. ask FEMA to fund relief from extreme heat and wildlife smoke

Local leaders from two dozen U.S. cities are renewing calls on the federal government to rethink how FEMA deals with heat and smoke. In a recent letter to the agency, mayors – including those in Tucson, Oro Valley, Mesa, Tempe and Flagstaff – say the agency’s current definition of natural disaster fails to take into account all environmental emergencies.

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