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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.
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At least 31 deaths due to the heat were reported in New York City by August 16. [15] At least 13 died in Queens, 9 in Brooklyn, 5 in Manhattan and 1 in The Bronx. [16] By the end of August, authorities totaled 40 deaths in New York, however a later mortality review in November 2006 revealed that heat was a factor in 140 deaths. [17] [18]
While New York is one the highest energy-producing states, protecting the grid is important during extreme heat events. Bray said the concern isn’t energy production, but a local generator or ...
The Earth is on track to experience another record-breaking summer, with temperatures soaring into the triple digits around the globe. In the U.S., over 140 million people were under extreme heat ...
The New York City blackout of 1977 was an electricity blackout that affected most of New York City on July 13–14, 1977. [3] [4] The only unaffected neighborhoods in the city were in southern Queens (including neighborhoods of the Rockaways), which were part of the Long Island Lighting Company system, as well as the Pratt Institute campus in Brooklyn, and a few other large apartment and ...
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 ...
Further south, on June 19, 20 and 21, Toronto experienced its first official early season heat wave (In Canada, a heat wave is defined as three or more consecutive days with temperatures at or above 32 °C (89.6 °F)), with temperatures ranging between 33.4 °C (92.1 °F) and 34.5 °C (94.1 °F) and the minimum temperature on June 20 not ...