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| Killer heat in US claims at least 3 |
| Killer heat in US claims at least 36 lives
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 9-July-2012
4:2:32 AM |
| A scorching heat wave searing the United States was expected to begin to ease slightly on Sunday, but authorities warned that temperatures will still remain high and dangerous through most of the weekend.
The heat wave was responsible for at least 36 weather-related deaths in various parts of the country, The New York Times reported.
Temperatures as high as 99 degrees Fahrenheit (37.2 Celsius) were forecast for the Washington metropolitan area for Sunday, a notch cooler that the 105 degrees (40.5 Celsius) recorded on Saturday, but still very hot and dangerous, especially for the elderly and people with heart conditions.
However, blistering temperatures were expected to cool "significantly" by Monday as a cold front pushed south from Canada to the central and eastern United States, the National Weather Service said.
The breather will likely be accompanied by fierce storms, forecasters warned, possibly spelling disaster for states still recovering from a killer band of thunderstorms that wreaked havoc last week, leaving millions without air conditioning or refrigeration after power cuts.
"Severe weather, including damaging wind, is expected to accompany this cold front," the weather service said, adding later that hail and isolated tornadoes could not be ruled out.
A week after the devastating June 29 thunderstorms, 416,192 customers in West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, New Jersey, Maryland and Indiana were still off the power grid - down from several million -according to the latest Energy Department update issued Friday.
Ten deaths are tied to the heat wave in Chicago, Illinois, with the neighbouring state of Wisconsin reporting at least three fatalities, local media reported.
In Ohio, where another three deaths are being blamed on the weather, the health department urged citizens to check up on each other.
"Ohioans are in this heat wave together!" it said on its website.
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