Heat Blamed For 4 Maryland Deaths
This unusually hot weather is taking its toll.
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This unusually hot weather is taking its toll.
Utility crews are struggling to catch up with a backlog of millions of people without electricity for a fourth hot day.
Day three and the lights are still out for tens of thousands. The heat turned deadly as cleanup continues around the region from this monstrous storm.
The residents of four nursing homes in Maryland are feeling the heat, because they are still without air conditioning in the aftermath of last week's storm.
Three people in Maryland have died in the current heat wave.
As thousands of Marylanders remain without power, those with medical conditions are having a very difficult time coping with the heat.
Hundreds of thousands of people are waiting for the power to come back on after this weekend's deadly storm sent trees crashing to the ground and cutting power lines. Now, there's widespread damage.
Another heat wave is making its way across Maryland. A Heat Advisory is in effect for the entire region. Temperatures are soaring toward the triple digit mark.
Extreme heat hits Maryland. A heat advisory is in effect through Thursday and people are doing all they can to stay cool.
The Baltimore Gas and Electric Company is apologizing for long air conditioning shutoffs during a heat wave in late July.
Tempers flared along with the temperatures in a fast-growing area of Harford County this weekend.
Last week's heat wave scorched the Baltimore area, leaving three people in Maryland dead.
There is a break coming from this extreme heat, but it's still going to feel very much like summer.
The headline continues to be the heat. On Sunday, Maryland again baked under the sizzling sun.
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The Maryland Transit Administration says the heat has caused electrical lines to sag and has forced single-track operations on the Penn Line between Washington and New Carrollton.
The Baltimore Gas and Electric Company says it has activated its peak load management program during the heat wave.
The Maryland Public Service Commission wants to remind residents that public utilities are barred from shutting off electrical service or gas service used for cooling during the heat wave.
Maryland State Police says troopers will be looking out for stranded motorists as a heat wave blankets the area.
Utilities in the Washington-Baltimore region are urging customers to conserve energy as a heat wave approaches.
Despite Tuesday's brief storm, the heat is making it nearly unbearable outside---and it's only going to get worse.
We are wrapping up an amazing stretch of dry, July weather. After topping out at 87 degrees, this becomes the third straight day with highs below average.
Killer heat descends on Maryland. Baltimore City is under a Code Red Heat Alert Monday and Tuesday. People working outside Monday battled the high temperatures and we've learned this dangerous heat has claimed the lives of two more people in Baltimore City.
A heat advisory is in effect through 8 p.m. Also, a code orange air quality alert is in effect. The air is becoming unhealthy for the sensitive breathing groups. They will likely be issued again tomorrow.
The temperatures are expected to be so high Wednesday that Baltimore City and Baltimore County schools have already announced they're closing early. The heat has already turned deadly in Maryland.
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