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The 1911 Eastern North America heat wave was an 11-day severe heat wave that killed at least 380 people, though estimates have put the death toll as high as 2,000 people. [1] The heat wave began on July 4, 1911 and didn't cease until July 15. [2] In Nashua, New Hampshire, the temperature peaked at 106 °F (41 °C). In New York City 158 people ...
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New York Times represented articles about the heat waves of 1983 affecting the central United States. [15] This heat wave was associated with the I-94 derecho. 1983 – United Kingdom experienced a heatwave during July 1983. This was the hottest month ever recorded until it was beaten in August 1995.
By July 21, when the first phase of this heat wave came to an end, 22 reported fatalities had occurred in ten states. [12] Reports of deaths trailed off over the week-end of July 21–23, though high temperatures persisted and power outages remained in a number of areas including New York, Missouri, and Illinois.
The heat wave also contributed to the record-shattering 2012 North American drought, which caused massive crop failures throughout the Midwest. The drought affected 80% of the contiguous US as of July 24, and was considered the worst drought since the 1950s but not yet on the scale of devastation endured during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. [44]
New York City’s more than 500 cooling centers are set to open on Tuesday. Public school systems in at least two states have adjusted their hours in response to the heat wave.
A dangerous heat wave scorching parts of the Midwest and Northeast will ratchet up in New York and the I-95 corridor, while deadly wildfires that claimed at least two lives and destroyed over a ...
The combination of a hurricane, heat wave and a multi-day blackout is a nightmare scenario, but it’s one that is set to become more common as humans continue to warm the planet. Heat waves are ...