Urban heat islands in the Kansas City metro
b'When extreme heat descends on the Kansas City metro, you can feel it radiate off of buildings and dark pavement. Built-up areas, like downtown, become nearly unbearable \\u2014 superheating well beyond the outlying areas. It\\u2019s called the urban heat island effect, and Kansas City, dominated by highways and parking lots, gets hit hard.\\n\\nOn this week\\u2019s Kansas Reflector podcast, reporter Allison Kite dives into extreme heat in Kansas City, which can be devastating for the city\\u2019s most vulnerable residents and is expected to become more frequent over the coming decades.'