Sunday, July 1, 2012

In scorching heat, the US is burning

Independent: America's torrid summer is coming to a boil. While wildfires have consumed hundreds of homes in Colorado, and threaten hundreds more, temperatures in the 40s were causing misery in the eastern and southern United States. The heat has claimed the lives of at least three young children. The pain was compounded yesterday with violent storms battering the eastern side of the country, killing 12 more people as trees were uprooted and three and a half people million people were left without power. ...

URL: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/in-scorching-heat-the-us-is-burning-7901925.html
Enclosure: http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/article7901810.ece/ALTERNATES/w460/SU-32-scorchingheat1-gt.jpg

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