The triple-digit heat that made life uncomfortable on the U.S. East Coast was expected to simmer down somewhat Sunday, but forecasters said states in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast will still be feeling the heat wave, according to AP. National Weather Service meteorologist Joe Pollina said temperatures will begin to ease Sunday but will remain in the 90s Fahrenheit (30s Celsius) . "Monday is really when we see cooler air coming," he said, with forecast temperatures sinking to the low to mid-80s F (upper-20s C). Brutal heat and humidity continued throughout Saturday. Temperatures reached 105 degrees F (40.5 C) in Atlantic City, New Jersey; 104 F (40 C) in Trenton, New Jersey; 103 F (39.5 C) in Norfolk, Virginia; 102 F (39 C) in Baltimore, Newark, New Jersey, and at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and New York's Kennedy Airport; and 101 F (38.5 C) in Philadelphia. But humidity made it feel hotter in most places across the region. The bubble of hot air developed over the Midwest earlier this week and has caused more than a dozen deaths as it moved eastward. As of Saturday, the medical examiner's office in Chicago listed heat stress or heat stroke as the causes of death for eight people. In New York's Times Square, tourists crowded into patches of shade along a baking Broadway, where Tony Eckinger was selling spray bottles with fans attached for $30. He had bought them at a drugstore earlier in the day for $15. -- SPA
