East Coast Simmers

Linwood Hodges wipes his brow as he works in soaring temperatures with a team installing gas lines along Broad Street, in Richmond, Va., on Monday, June 9, 2008. Heat advisories were posted Monday from the Carolinas to Connecticut, with temperatures topping 100 from Georgia to Virginia.

Chris Joyce drinks a bottle of water after painting a municipal swimming pool in Albany, N.Y., Monday, June 9, 2008. Albany recorded temperatures in the 90s for a third consecutive day.

Merritt Short, 4, from Durham, N.C., cools off in a spray of mist, Monday, June 9, 2008, at the National Zoo in Washington, as temperatures rose toward the triple digits along the East Coast.

Charles Brinkley, left, and John Lerro, with Great American Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc., install an air conditioner in Chevy Chase, Md., on Monday, June 9, 2008. "It's hot but business is great," says Brinkley. A record heat wave sweeping the region raised temperatures into the high 90's Monday.

Escaping the heat, a group of youngsters play in the spray from a fire hydrant, at the corner of Kingston and Amber streets, Monday, June 9, 2008, in Philadelphia. Temperatures were expected to hit 100 degrees.

Joyce Chu, left, and her daughter Vivian Chu, right, both originally from China, now living in Dayton, Ohio, visit Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 9, 2008, as temperatures rose into the upper 90s.

Naba, a four-year-old female African lion, keeps cool as she licks a "bloodsicle" made of frozen cow's blood, Monday, June 9, 2008, at the National Zoo in Washington.

Philadelphia Eagles football player Ryan Moats douses himself with water to cool off during team activities at the Eagles' practice facility Monday, June 9, 2008, in Philadelphia. Temperatures were expected to hit 99 degrees Monday.

Gilberto Romero, 18, from Sterling, Va., cools off in a spray of mist, Monday, June 9, 2008, at the National Zoo in Washington.

Chelsea Bloxson, left, tosses Caroline Ritchie, 3, over a water jet at a park as they escape the heat in Charlotte, N.C., Monday, June 9, 2008. Bloxson is Ritchie's nanny. Extreme heat and humidity has blanketed much of the East Coast since Saturday.

Manuel Flores and his 2-year-old son, Anthony, rest in a hammock strung between trees in Branch Brook Park in Newark, N.J., Monday, June 9, 2008. The third day of a heat wave on the East Coast has seen temperatures in the high 90s with high humidity.

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