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Heat Wave Peaks After Breaking Thousands of Records
Posted by Climate Central: Andrew Freedman on July 7th, 2012
Climate Central: The June to July heat wave finally began to ebb on Saturday, but not before breaking thousands of warm temperature records across the country. In many cases, records that had stood since the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s have been equaled or exceeded, and this event is likely to go down in history as one of America's worst-ever early summer heat waves.
It is also shining a spotlight on the role that human activities may be playing in this event, since studies have shown that manmade global warming...
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US bakes under heatwave as fears grow over rising death toll among elderly
Posted by Associated Press: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/7/7/1341676219649 on July 7th, 2012
Associated Press: Highways buckled in Wisconsin, water use was cut back in Indiana and those who had power in the mid-Atlantic were urged to conserve it, but the heat gripping much of the country was only expected to worsen Saturday.
Temperatures of more than 100 degrees were forecast in Philadelphia, authorities warned of excessive heat in the Midwest and the power outages surpassed a week in the mid-Atlantic, where extreme heat was expected into the weekend.
A major storm in the area last week left behind...
Extreme weather threatening water supply in Central Kentucky
Posted by Herald-Leader: Daniel Moore on July 7th, 2012
Herald-Leader: Jerry Hopkins never had a need for automated sprinklers, but this summer he wished he would've joined his neighbors on Bridgeport Drive in adding the watering system.
As Hopkins, 76, used a hose to soak his impatiens for the second time Friday, he said his water bill has doubled.
"Look at these flowers. The heat took them right down," he said. "It's really been bad."
As temperatures once again soared into the triple digits and the drought continued, the state Energy and Environment Cabinet...
Thermometer may rampage near record on Saturday
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 7th, 2012
Washington Post: Driven by a merciless sun blazing in a near cloudless sky and by a hot wind, which eddied up from the burning pavements, the official thermometer in Washington rampaged upward yesterday to a new all-time heat record.
Neither heat nor hyperbole is new to this town.
The heat that drove a scribe in 1930 to write the top of the news article you just read may repeat itself Saturday. Only cool-headed editors will determine whether the same sort of overheated prose reappears, too.
The temperature...
Worries about drowning come with heat in US as more people may be flocking to water
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 7th, 2012
Associated Press: As heat across a big chunk of the U.S. drives people into pools and lakes to cool off, public health officials are worried about a heightened risk of drowning.
Minnesota has had more drowning deaths so far this year than any time in the past decade, and officials in Illinois and Michigan are seeing an uptick in some areas, too. Drowning deaths historically go up in the summer months, but the intensely hot weather may also be putting even more people at risk as they flock to water for relief, some...
Heat wave 2012 culprit? That pesky Atlantic oscillation
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 7th, 2012
Christian Science Monitor: Thermometers strained again on Saturday as the eastern half of the US faced Day 10 of Heat wave 2012, with temps creeping up into the humid 100s as sweaty Americans sought out pools, ponds, oceans, and rivers for relief.
The stretch of brow-wiping weather has proven historic, shattering thousands of heat records since June, and leaving parts of the Washington, D.C. area sweltering without power and air conditioning after a rare “derecho” thunderstorm hit the area last weekend. Authorities say...
Huge swaths of U.S. swelter amid prolonged outages, new storms
Posted by Reuters: Ian Simpson on July 7th, 2012
Reuters: Weary West Virginians dumped rotting food from their refrigerators and tried to clear fallen trees from the roads on Friday as new storms prolonged the power outages that have already lasted a week.
The forecast for the weekend called for more record-breaking heat across the Midwest and into the Eastern United States, with heavy rains and severe storms in the upper Midwest, the National Weather Service said.
The temperature in Chicago hit 100 Fahrenheit (37.7 Celsius) for the third day in a...