And for you YWA readers here in Missouri...A record heat wave has led to the deaths of 18 people in Phoenix, most of them homeless, leaving officials scrambling to provide water and shelter to the city's transient population.[...]
Fourteen of the victims were thought to be homeless. Authorities did not know if a man found by the side of a road Sunday had a permanent residence.
The other three victims were elderly women, including one whose home cooling system was not on, police said.[...]
The number of illegal immigrants killed by heat-related illnesses while trying to cross the desert are counted separately.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY
Includes the Counties: Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage
Includes the cities: Columbia, Jefferson City
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