Name: Cities plant trees to combat extreme heat in urban areas
Uploaded: Sat Apr 23 2022 12:16:18 GMT+0000 (UTC)
Duration: 3 min 18 s
Description: After last year’s Pacific Northwest heatwave drove home the dangers of extreme heat, there’s a growing urgency to prepare U.S. cities for high temperatures. Los Angeles, one of the country’s hottest areas, is on a mission to save lives with a simple but innovative solution: Planting trees in heat-vulnerable neighborhoods. NBC’s Steve Patterson reports for Saturday TODAY.

April 23, 202203:18