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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 ...
2024 Pakistan heat wave - In June 2024, Pakistan experienced a heat wave. [165] The Edhi Foundation in Karachi said it transported a higher-than-normal number of bodies to the morgue during the period of 20 to 25 June. [166] During the 2024 Summer Olympics, host city Paris, along with portions of Southern France and England, experienced a heatwave.
The 1936 North American heat wave was one of the most severe heat waves in the modern history of North America. It took place in the middle of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl of the 1930s and caused more than 5,000 deaths. Many state and city record high temperatures set during the 1936 heat wave stood until the 2012 North American heat wave.
1947 New York City smallpox outbreak: disease 2 [172] 1929 1929 Yankee Stadium stampede: mass unrest 2 [173] 1835 Great Fire of New York: fire 2 [174] 2020 2020 New York City Subway fire: rail 1 [175] 2019 2019 New York City helicopter crash aircraft 1 [176] 2007 2007 New York City steam explosion: explosion 1 [163] 1995 Williamsburg Bridge ...
It was said to be the worst derecho in 16 years. [67] June 2020 Pennsylvania–New Jersey derecho: June 3, 2020: Three deaths were reported in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and a 93 mph (150 km/h) wind gust was recorded in Beach Haven, New Jersey. 700,000 were left without power. June 2020 Rocky Mountains-Northern Plains Derecho: June 6–7, 2020
New York City could experience 90-degree temperatures or higher for seven days straight into week. The stretch would be the longest ever in June in the city. Heat is also returning in full force ...
The extreme heat also triggered air quality alerts in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire and Ohio. Forecasts this week have predicted temperatures 10 to 25 degrees ...
A Cooler Place (July 15, 1901) The 1901 eastern United States heat wave was the most severe and deadly heat wave in the United States prior to the 1930s Dust Bowl.Although the heat wave did not set many still-standing daily temperature records, it was exceptionally prolonged – covering without interruption the second half of June and all of July – and centered upon more highly populated ...