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Air Conditioners Running Overtime
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (KMOX) – We’re struggling to cope with rising temperatures and humidity. What about our air conditioners? General manager Steve Miles with Jerry Kelly Heating and Air in St. Charles...
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Heat Continues Its Record-Setting Run
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) - The heat continues today throughout the St. Louis area, but relief is in sight. How hot will it get? Click here for today’s forecast Four of the past 5 days have reached or...
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City Hopes to Avoid Deaths as Heat-Wave Sizzles
ST. LOUIS–(KMOX) – In the same room where they met six months ago to prepare for a blizzard, the city’s emergency planners huddled to deal with what could be a deadly heat wave. Health Director Pam...
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Checking on Seniors in the Heat —“Beyond the Scope of Government”
ST. LOUIS–(KMOX)– In a city of 319,000 residents, spread out across 61 square miles, city health officials are worried about the some 35,000 seniors and disabled surviving this week’s heat wave....
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Heat Related Illnesses Minimal on So Far
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) – Day one of the week long heat wave has sicken six people in St. Louis County. Five were treated and release one was admitted according to St. Louis County Health Department. The...
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Kevin Killeen’s Whole ‘nother Story — The Secret Breezy Spots of Downtown St....
Today, Kevin talks with a guard who has compiled a list… Download: wns-breezes.mp3
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Muny Marches On Through Heat Wave
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) - While Muny actors might stop singing in the rain, they are not about to quit because of heat. In the Muny’s 93 year history, only lightning has stopped the show. And despite the...
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Fire & Ice: Some Workplaces are Cooler Than Others
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) - With high unemployment, many search for the hot jobs – but with even higher temperatures, others look to cool down. On the hot end is the back room of Tip Top Cleaners in the...
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Get Ready, More Heat Waves on the Way
St. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX/IRN) - The heat wave that’s been pounding the Midwest continues and there may be more on the way according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey...
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Too Hot for Ice Cream?
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) - Windows wide open, t-shirts stained with sweat, waiting for the lightning bugs to come out, when tinny carnival tunes begin to drift in over the old neighborhood. Ice cream...
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Nighttime Temps Increase Heat Risks
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) - The sun continues to radiate heat down on the city, but even when it finally sinks past the horizon, the moonlight doesn’t offer much relief. The punishing high temperatures...
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Heat Wave Kills Dozens In Illinois, Missouri
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) — The sweltering temperatures across much of the Midwest are now deadly. Health officials report 24 people have died from the heat or are under investigation as suspected heat...
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Record Heat Leads to Record Energy Usage
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.(IRN)- No surprise that this heat wave has led to new records for peek energy demand. Ameren’s two new records are: 9,502 megawatts on July 19 and 9,605 megawatts on July 21 by the...
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‘Heat Stress’ Causes 3 Ill. Deaths
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in Cook County in the Chicago area and Madison County in southwestern Illinois are reporting several more heat-related deaths. The Cook County medical examiner’s...
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Hospitals Continue to Treat Heat Problems
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) - After nearly two weeks with an excessive heat warning in place, the stifling air seems almost commonplace. However, the heat continues to claim victims. Patients continue to...
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Heat Toll Rises, Warnings Persist
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) - As the city limps across the finish line of a long week of smothering heat, officials continue to stress the potential consequences of the deadly high temperatures. The number...
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Alton Man Confirmed As Area’s 17th Heat Death Of Summer
ALTON, Ill. (KMOX) - Wedneday morning’s death of a 63-year-old Alton man has now been confirmed as the St. Louis area’s 17th heat related fatality of the summer. 63-year-old Jerry Besterfeldt was...
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Cool Down St. Louis Finding More Elderly without Air Conditioners
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) – A woman in her 80s, sweltering in a brick house on Greer Avenue without air conditioning, was discovered this week by the charity Cool Down St. Louis. “She was on slow bake and...
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Heat Figures Show Shocking Jump, Claims Another Victim
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) - As the city finally feels a bit of relief from the heat, the numbers show how dangerous this searing summer has been. Last summer, St. Louis city recorded 46 heat-related...
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Tips To Stay Cool During The Heat Wave
ST. LOUIS- It’s going to be a scorcher for the next week in St. Louis, and it’s important to know how to keep cool during those hot, summer days. Operation Weather Survival and United Way 2-1-1...
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Report: Kansas Corn Crop Deteriorating Amid Heat
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The latest government report is painting a deteriorating portrait of the Kansas corn crop. Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 31 percent of the Kansas corn...
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Heat Wave Blamed For More Than 30 Deaths Across Country
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Americans in much of the country will be getting a slight break from the oppressive heat on Sunday, one day after temperatures rose to above 100 degrees from the central states to the...
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Lightning Strike Injurers 5
PARK HILLS, Mo. (AP) — Five people are recovering after a close call with lightning in eastern Missouri. . KFVS-TV reports that two adults and three children were camping at St. Joe State Park near...
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St. Louis County Confirms First Heat Death
CLAYTON, Mo. (KMOX) – St. Louis County now has its first official heat-related death. A 72-year-old Northwoods woman – whose home air conditioners were not working — is the first confirmed heat death...
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Tough Year for Illinois Farmers
SPRINGFILED, ILL (IRN) It could be the best thing you could say about Illinois farmers’ season is that it’ll soon be over. It’s hard to find a silver lining this farming season. “We always say that a...
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Ferguson Woman Found Dead in Unairconditioned Home
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) – St. Louis County has reported its first heat-related death this summer. A 65-year-old Ferguson woman, whose home air conditioner was not working, was found dead Thursday. The...
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Hundreds Of Thousands Of Tomatoes Rotting In Field Due To Heat Wave
ST. LOUIS (CBS St. Louis) – It’s still prime tomato season but the relentless heat is threatening crops. KTVI-TV reports hundreds of thousands of pounds of the vegetables are rotting at a farm in...
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Lake St. Louis Firefighters Face Heat Wave in Broken Trucks
LAKE ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – The heat wave is bearing down hard on the Lake St. Louis Fire Department – all three of its aging firetrucks have broken air conditioners. Fire Chief Clinton Gussner says it is...
View ArticleVIDEO: Inmates Plead For Help In Sweltering Heat
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Inmates at St. Louis’ medium-security facility and workhouse on Hall Street can be heard calling out to passers-by for help in a Facebook video, as they sweltered in the heatwave...
View ArticleOfficials Raise Concerns About Heat at St. Louis Jail
ST. LOUIS (AP/KMOX) – A Democratic state lawmaker from St. Louis is raising concerns about conditions at a city jail, especially during the extremely hot weather. Related Story: VIDEO: Inmates Plead...
View ArticleOverheated Inmates Have New Complaint: They’re Too Cold
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – (UPDATED 5:31 p.m.) The city answered a cry for help from overheated inmates at a medium-security workhouse — but now some say they are too cold. St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson’s...
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