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Dangerous heat wave bakes East Coast, Deep South

By Associated Press, Odessa American and Tulsa World

July 21, 2022

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ODESSA AMERICAN VIA AP

Sisters Addison, 2, and Absidi Gutierrez, 3, play in a puddle during a visit to a local park Thursday, July 21, in Odessa, Texas. The National Weather Service issued a Heat Advisory Thursday for areas of southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas and west Texas. High temperatures between 96 and 98 degrees are expected to last until Monday according to the NWS' extended forecast.
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From left, Arturo Coca, 8, Maricla Coca, 7, and Madalyn Lange, 5, walk through a water feature as they cool off from the heat during a visit to a sprayground Thursday, July 21, in Odessa, Texas.
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Noah Hurtado, 9, splashes down a water slide during a visit to a sprayground Thursday, July 21, in Odessa, Texas.
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Megan Lange, center right, plays with her daughter Catalina Reyes, 1, center left, as they visit a sprayground Thursday, July 21, in Odessa, Texas.
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Lifeguard Maribel Zubia, 17, left, watches as the Huratdo siblings gather at the bottom of a water slide at the Junior League Jurassic Jungle Sprayground at UTPB Park, Thursday, July 21, in Midland, Texas.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

People wait to take a boat under the rain during a summer heat wave, Thursday, July 21, in New York. Dangerously high temperatures threatened much of the Northeast and Deep South on Thursday, as huge swaths of the country sweltered under a heat wave that could continue for days and send temperatures soaring in places like Boston, Little Rock and Virginia Beach.
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A woman takes off her jacket during a summer heat wave, Thursday, July 21, in Manhattan, New York.
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People have cold drinks in the shade during a summer heat wave, Thursday, July 21, in New York.
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A woman pushes a stroller during a summer heat wave, Thursday, July 21, in New York.
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A child reacts under a plastic rain cover as he walks in the rain with his family during a summer heat wave, Thursday, July 21, in Manhattan, New York.
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People take shelter from rain during summer heat wave, Thursday, July 21, in New York.
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A family eats ice cream during a summer heat wave, Thursday, July 21, in New York.
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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH VIA AP

"It's a volcano!" exclaims 6-year-old Nolan Rought of Madison, Wis. as he uses his shirt to diffuse a fountain at Citygarden in downtown St. Louis on Thursday, July 21. According to the National Weather Service, the St. Louis region is expected to experience triple-digit temperatures through the weekend with heat index up to 109 expected on Saturday.
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A girl cools off at a fountain during hot weather at the River Trails Park District Woodland Trails Pool in Mount Prospect, Ill., Thursday, July 21.
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A woman cools off at a fountain during hot weather at the River Trails Park District Woodland Trails Pool in Mount Prospect, Ill., Thursday, July 21.
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A girl cools off at a fountain during hot weather at the River Trails Park District Woodland Trails Pool in Mount Prospect, Ill., Thursday, July 21.
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TULSA WORLD VIA AP

Brent Thurmon, who is currently homeless, lies on the sidewalk dehydrated at 11th Street and Trenton Ave., Thursday, July 21, in Tulsa, Okla. Thurmon had been in a local hospital for the dehydration, and was treated and released. He said they gave him an IV and a security guard took him to 11th and Trenton and dropped him off. He was unable to get up or move. He was waiting on a friend to come get him and take him to another friend's house where he could recuperate.
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Brent Thurmon, who is currently homeless, is wheeled on 11th Street, just west of Trenton Ave., by friend A.J. McCosar, Thursday, July 21, in Tulsa, Okla. Thurmon had been in a local hospital for dehydration, and was treated and released. He said they gave him an IV and a security guard took him to 11th and Trenton and dropped him off. He was unable to get up or move. McCosar was going to take him to a friend's house where he could recuperate.
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Dylan Schoenfeld, 9, of California, leaps over a fountain while cooling off with his brother Charlie, 5, while on vacation during a summer heat wave, Thursday, July 21, in Boston.
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With temperatures hovering in the mid-90's, people walk near a sign down Hanover Street in the North End, during a summer heat wave, Thursday, July 21, in Boston.

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