Possible Heat Deaths Under Investigation, Hundreds of Thousands Without Electricity as Extreme Temperatures Grip Midwest
At a Glance Most of the outages are a result of severe weather combined with extreme heat.Most of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois are under excessive heat warnings.One town in Texas has no water service amid hot summer temperatures. Authorities in Wisconsin are investigating two possible heat-related deaths and hundreds of thousands of people are without electricity in parts of the Midwest as a dangerous and potentially deadly heat wave grips much of the nation. The Milwaukee County medical examiner office...