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Triple-digit temperatures roast Northeast
By: cnn.comPosted On: 07/07/2010 4:16 P
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People in the northeastern United States were heading to waterparks and pools to try to cool off as a record-breaking heat wave continued to roast much of the region Wednesday, with temperatures hitting above the 100-degree mark in many cities, the National Weather Service said.
People in the northeastern United States were heading to waterparks and pools to try to cool off as a record-breaking heat wave continued to roast much of the region Wednesday, with temperatures hitting above the 100-degree mark in many cities, the National Weather Service said.
The weather service has issued an "excessive heat warning" until 8 p.m. Wednesday for parts of eastern Pennsylvania and parts of Delaware and New Jersey. The warning covers cities that include Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Wilmington, Delaware and Trenton, New Jersey.
Officials advise people to stay indoors as prolonged heat and humidity creates a "dangerous situation."
The heat already has claimed the life of an elderly woman in Philadelphia, where temperatures hit 102 degrees Tuesday.
And young, fit people have succumbed to the extreme temperatures, too. Four midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, were being treated for signs of heat exhaustion Wednesday morning, according to academy spokeswoman Judy Campbell.
The temperature topped the 100-degree mark in Boston, Massachusetts; Washington DC, and New York, where it hit 103 Tuesday.
Amidst the oppressive heat, as many as 9,000 customers of Connecticut Light and Power in Stamford lost electrical service Tuesday. A heat-related transformer failure at a substation in Stamford caused the outage, said a spokeswoman for the power company.
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