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Heat wave bakes eastern US
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 03 - 07 - 2012

WASHINGTON — Relentless heat was forecast for much of the eastern United States for a fourth straight day Monday, with about 2.2 million customers without power after violent storms and soaring temperatures killed at least 15 people.
Power companies warned it could take several days to restore electricity completely in some areas as much of the United States sweltered in a record-breaking heat wave. “Hot and hotter will continue to be the story from the plains to the Atlantic Coast for the next few days," the National Weather Service said.
Emergencies were declared in Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington because of damage from a rare “super derecho" storm packing hurricane-force winds across a 1,100-km stretch from the Midwest to the Atlantic Ocean.
About 2.2 million homes and businesses from Illinois to New Jersey were still without power Monday morning, with the biggest concentration of outages in the Washington area.
With power lines down across the region, the US government told federal workers in the Washington area they could take unscheduled leave or work from home. Many schools and local governments also canceled programs or were closed because of outages.
The storms came amid a record-setting heat wave that has seen temperatures top 100 Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) in several southern cities. In Atlanta, the mercury hit an all-time record of 106 degrees (41 C) Saturday and reached 105 Sunday.
From St. Louis to Washington, temperatures were forecast to hit more records.
Excessive heat warnings and advisories continued Monday over much of the mid-Mississippi Valley and southern states.
Strong to severe thunderstorms were possible across the southern mid-Atlantic region and north-central United States, the National Weather Service said.
Thunderstorms and high winds battered eastern North Carolina Sunday afternoon, causing three more deaths on top of at least 12 caused by the deadly storms and heat in several states on Saturday.
Powerful storms that brought wind gusts of up to 145 kph knocked out power to more than 200,000 Commonwealth Edison customers in northeastern Illinois. About 100,000 remained without power Monday, the utility said. — Reuters


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