At least 42 people have died in a heatwave that has brought soaring temperatures to a dozen US states from the Midwest to the East Coast.
Crops shrivelled and roads and railway lines buckled in the heat.
Hundreds of records fell across the affected area on Friday and Saturday, but the heat was expected to ease slightly on Sunday.
Severe storms are expected to follow. Many homes in the region are still without power after storms a week ago.
Media reports say many of the deaths were of elderly people stuck in homes without air conditioning because of the outages.
Ten deaths in Chicago were blamed on the heat, and at least 10 each in the eastern states of Virginia and Maryland.
Three each died in Wisconsin, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and two in Tennessee.
A four-month-old girl died after being left in a car for "an extended period" outside her home in Greenfield, Indiana.
On Saturday temperatures reached 105F (41C) in Washington DC - just short of the hottest ever recorded in the city - and 107F (46C) in St Louis, Missouri, which also extended its record for consecutive days over 100F to 10.
"It's hotter than hell," tourist John Ghio, visiting the White House, told Reuters news agency.
"Too hot," said Chinese tourist Xiao Duan, 30, who was also visiting Washington.
"My father says it's like we're being burned by flames."
High temperatures have also hit parts of Canada, with temperatures on Friday breaking 11 daily records in Ontario.
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Comments
THE DOGS ARE BARKING AT
THE DOGS ARE BARKING AT YOU!!
I WILL USE YOUR POST AS AN EXAMPLE TO ANDREA
HOW DOES THIS HELP MY SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT?
HOW DOES THIS KEEP ME UP TO DATE ON GALACTIC NEWS?..(NOT PLANETARY ie WEATHER)
THIS IS WHAT IS MEANT BY THE TERM "FREE ONLY WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT"
BECAUSE THIS POST HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FREEDOM ..ITS THE "ELEVATOR MUSIC" I DESCRIBED.
AND WHILE WE ARE GETTING THE WEATHER BROADCAST FROM THE GFP THE "ENEMY" IS FULL SPEED AHEAD ON OUR DESTRUCTION.
IF LOVE IS ALL THERE IS THEN HOW CAN THESE PEOPLE BE SUFFERING?
HOW CAN THIS BE? HOW CAN A LITTLE GIRL DIE FROM THIS IF "LOVE IS IN THE AIR?"
WHAT KIND OF CONSOLANCE CAN YOU GIVE HER PARENTS AND FAMILY?
WILL YOU TELL THEM LOVE DID IT?
WHAT DO YOU TELL THE PEOPLE ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE BATTLE FOR FREEDOM?
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WITHOUT POWER WHILE THE SUN SEEKS TO FRY EVERYBODY?
WHAT CAN THE HAND SAY TO THE HEART? NOTHING BUT TO KEEP ON PUMPIN..LOL
Auorix, extreme weather
Auorix, extreme weather events are generally seen as physical signs of Mother Earth's ascension process.
This is an online newspaper and it covers all sorts of newsworthy items. Perhaps you could just skip over the items that don't interest you.
namaste
WELL THEN YOU SHOULD POST IT
WELL THEN YOU SHOULD POST IT AS SUCH AND NOT LIKE A WEATHER BROADCAST
DO YOU THINK THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING WANT TO HEAR ABOUT HOW HOT IT IS?..
THEY ALREADY KNOW!
HOWEVER I APPRECIATE YOUR KIND RESPONSE.
The Story
The story came from the BBC. Perhaps you should share your feedback with them as well.
RAIN..THATS WHAT WE REALLY
RAIN..THATS WHAT WE REALLY NEED..WOW YOUR A BLESSING!...LOL
IS IT NOT YOUR JOB TO TRANSMUTE THE WORLDY EVENTS?
IF ITS THE FATHERS WILL TO SHARE WITH BBC THEN I WILL.
NO SUCH WORD HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME AS OF YET.
I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR KIND REPSONSE
You're welcome
You're welcome, Auorix. Much love to you, Sister.
namaste
The Weather Channel
The Weather Channel has just reported that the death toll has climbed to 60.