Scientists and medical experts say such deaths caused by extreme heat will only increase in the U.S. The other two fatalities were Florida residents who died while hiking in extreme heat at Big Bend National Park. The dead ranged in age from 60 to 80 years old, and many had other health conditions, according to the county medical examiner.

Heat index levels of up to 112 degrees (44 Celsius) were forecast in parts of Florida over the next few days.Įleven of the heat-related deaths in Texas occurred in Webb County, which includes Laredo. PHOENIX – Heat waves like the one that engulfed parts of parts of the South and Midwest and killed more than a dozen people are becoming more common, and experts say the extreme weather events, which claim more lives than hurricanes and tornadoes, will likely increase in the future.Ī heat dome that pressured the Texas power grid and killed 13 people there and another in Louisiana pushed eastward Thursday and was expected to be centered over the mid-South by the weekend.

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