PHOENIX, July 21, 2005
Phoenix Heat Kills At Least 18
Las Vegas Also Swelters, Setting Several High-Temperature Records
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Lorenzo Lucero,11, keeps cool at the pool at Desert Breeze Park in Las Vegas. (AP)
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Authorities were investigating six deaths since July 14 to see if they were heat-related.
"You swim, you drink lots of water, and you hide, and you go out at night," Amanda, a bartender at the Golden Palms Casino, told CBS Radio News.
Thunderstorms were in the forecast for the next several days, raising the potential fire danger. Dry thunderstorms sparked a series of wildfires June 22, but forecasters predicted some precipitation with the pending storms.
The intense heat wave began July 12, when the city began a streak of nine consecutive 110-degree days. Las Vegas could tie an all-time record for most consecutive days if the high reaches 110 degrees on Thursday. But forecasters were predicting the city would miss the mark by one degree — hitting 109 for the high.
Las Vegas set multiple records Tuesday, the fourth consecutive day with temperatures of 115 degrees or higher. The previous record was three days.
Other records shattered Tuesday included the daily record high (117 degrees); daily average temperature (106 degrees); daily minimum temperature (95 degrees); number of days in a month when the high has been 115 degrees or higher (5).
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