PHILADELPHIA - The heat wave that gripped the East Coast over the weekend and into Tuesday claimed the lives of 17 people, and most of the victims were elderly.
The Philadelphia medical examiner's office said eight people there died of heat-related causes in the four days of scorching temperatures. A 65-year-old man also died of sunstroke in the Philadelphia suburb of Pottstown, Pa., while sunbathing.
Six others died in New York City and two died in Maryland. The Philadelphia victims ranged in age from 65 to 95. Five of the six people who died in New York were over 70 and were found in their homes.
Children cool off Tuesday at a fountain in Philadelphia, where the
heat wave claimed nine lives.
SOURCE