Thursday, July 21, 2005

Sometimes, it's not the humidity

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.

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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.

  CBS News article

And for you YWA readers here in Missouri...
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

  Weather forecast

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