Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Cave Creek/New River
Event narrative (NOAA)
A female hiker hiking the McDowell Sonoran Preserve was found deceased at the trail. A report filed by the Maricopa County Medical Examiner a month later determined the cause of death was due to environmental heat exposure.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.