CLARIFICATION for Oct. 21 story on climate impacts

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Hotter Arizona that moved Friday, Oct. 21, under a WASHINGTON dateline, are asked to use the following clarification. An updated version of the story has been posted here.

WASHINGTON – An Oct. 21 Cronkite News story about climate change and how Arizona water resources officials are preparing for it may have left an incorrect impression about temperature impact in parts of the state. While some parts of Arizona could see 100 days above 100 degrees in 20 years, southwestern parts of the state could have more than 140 such days, according to EPA climate models.