People Are Already Dropping Dead as Extreme Heat Scorches the US

Copy In large swaths of these United States, people are already dying from this summer's brutal heat wave. According to St. Louis' KMOV, a 55-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment this week after her electricity had been shut off during this so-called "heat dome" phenomenon — which involves heat being trapped by atmospheric conditions, as if by a lid or a cap. Reporting from KSDK, another STL broadcaster, indicated that the woman had been stranded in her apartment without air conditioning or water as temperatures rose into the 90s for as many as three days before authorities found her body. In […]

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