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Storms leave thousands in South without power during heat wave

The sweltering heat felt more like the middle of summer across the South, where patience was growing thin over persistent power outages.

By Associated Press, Tulsa World and Sun Herald

June 20, 2023

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TULSA WORLD VIA AP

A fallen tree from during Saturday night's storm lays across Quincy Avenue near 13th Street over a parked car on Tuesday, June 20, in Tulsa, Okla.
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TULSA WORLD VIA AP

Electrical lines hang over the Broken Arrow Expressway after power poles were damaged during Saturday night's storm on Tuesday, June 20, in Tulsa, Okla. In Oklahoma, more than 100,000 customers were eagerly awaiting the restoration of power and air conditioning following weekend storms that downed trees and snapped hundreds of utility poles.
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Dawn Borchert sleeps in her front yard in a neighborhood near 11th Street and Lewis Ave., Tuesday, June 20, in Tulsa, Okla. Borchert has been without power since the weekend storms and slept in a tent over night but moved outside to cool off in the morning.
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TULSA WORLD VIA AP

A utility crew works on downed utility lines near 21st Street and Boulder Ave. Tuesday, June 20, in Tulsa, Okla.
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A man walks past downed power lines on Peoria Ave. and 14th Street Tuesday, June 20, in Tulsa, Okla. Heavy storms last weekend down trees and power lines.
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Augustus Whitney, of Standby Personnel, stands near a collapsed section of the Liberty Towers parking garage wall that fell during Saturday night's storm on Tuesday, June 20, in Tulsa, Okla.
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TULSA WORLD VIA AP

Robert Fry with Up With Trees, center left, guides branches into a wood chipper on Boulder Avenue as Faustino Amador, center, moves more branches off the sidewalk from Saturday night's storm on Tuesday, June 20, in Tulsa, Okla.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

Miguel, no last name given, shovels hot asphalt during a parking lot resurfacing job in Richardson, Texas, Tuesday, June 20.
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Miguel, no last name given, takes a break from shoveling asphalt during a parking lot resurfacing job in Richardson, Texas, Tuesday, June 20.
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Standing in the mid afternoon heat, a worker takes a break to drink during a parking lot asphalt resurfacing job in Richardson, Texas, Tuesday, June 20.
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Standing in the mid afternoon heat, a worker takes a drink during a parking lot asphalt resurfacing job in Richardson, Texas, Tuesday, June 20.
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Brothers Fernando, left, and Jacob Ortega watch their dogs at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Tuesday, June 20. The brothers say they bring their dogs to the lake every day to cool off during summer.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

A boxer puppy named Lexi, right, cools off in the water with other dogs at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Tuesday, June 20.
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A dog carries a tennis ball in the water at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Tuesday, June 20.
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THE SUN HERALD VIA AP

Workers salvage personal belongings from their damaged vehicles outside of Merchants and Marine Bank in Moss Point, Miss., Tuesday, June 20, after a tornado damaged the building on Monday afternoon, trapping workers inside.

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