Heat-related deaths continue to rise as record-breaking hot weather persists
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The mother of a man who died alone in his trailer park home with no air conditioning this week in Sacramento, California, on a day the city reached a high of 106 degrees, has urged others to listen to heat warnings and take them seriously.