Health officials in New Jersey on Saturday announced that at least 25 Garden Staters were killed by heat-related illnesses over the last few days, ABC News reports on a staggering toll from triple-digit temperatures frying much of the country that is now finally expected to ease up starting Monday.
“Unfortunately, many of these individuals were found in homes without air conditioning,” New Jersey Health Commissioner Dr Raynard Washington told reporters at the news conference on Saturday, adding “A few were outside their residences, some on the street and some even in parked cars.”