world
Record heat on July 4 gave way to storms and heat advisories across the East
More than a dozen cities set or tied daily high temperature records on July 4. Heat advisories and a slight risk of severe storms remain in place Sunday for parts of the mid-Atlantic and South.
AB
winnipegfreepress.comAudio version
Tap play to generate a narrated version.
Developing·Limited corroboration so far. This page will refresh as more sources emerge.
Record high temperatures on July 4 were followed by thunderstorms and damaging winds across parts of the East Coast. At least a dozen cities broke or tied daily high marks, with Atlantic City reaching 106 degrees, Washington, D.C., and Raleigh, North Carolina, hitting 103 degrees, and Baltimore, Salisbury, and Wilmington reaching 102 degrees.
Heat advisories remain in effect Sunday from Jacksonville, Florida, to Philadelphia, with heat indexes forecast to reach triple digits.
A level 2 of 5 slight risk of severe weather, including isolated small hail, lightning, and flash flooding, is forecast Sunday afternoon from Charlottesville, Virginia, into north-central New Jersey. m. and continue into the evening. More than 500 incidents of wind damage were reported Saturday across the Plains, Midwest, mid-Atlantic, and Northeast.
In Fox Township, Illinois, a 47-year-old woman died when a tree toppled by wind gusts fell onto an RV.
Temperatures in the Northeast are forecast to drop 10 to 15 degrees Sunday compared with July 4 readings. New York City is expected to reach the upper 80s and Boston the 70s. Much of the South will stay hot and humid into the work week, though conditions are expected to moderate from the extreme levels recorded over the holiday weekend.
