PHOENIX — A record-breaking heat wave has been baking much of the sprawling metropolitan area here for at least three weeks — but some parts of the desert city aren’t getting quite as hot.
Take a wide road in a residential neighborhood northeast of downtown that has been treated with a coating designed to better reflect the sun.
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