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Darkness in US amid unrelenting heat
Tuesday July 03, 2012 10:37:11 AM,
Arun Kumar, IANS
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Washington: Three days
after a ferocious summer storm, about 1.7 million people, from the
capital city of Washington through 10 states from Indiana to
Delaware, are still without electricity even as they battle
unrelenting heat.
Making up more than half of those knocked powerless Friday night,
the total included about 410,000 in West Virginia, 400,000 in Ohio
and 340,000 in Virginia, according to CNN. And officials said some
may not get power back until week's end.
At least 16 people were killed from Ohio to New Jersey in the 'derecho'
-- or massive storm usually with straight-line wind damage --
while another three in North Carolina died in fresh storms Sunday,
the news channel said.
Cities and towns in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast have
endured temperatures in the high 90s and above 100 degrees
Fahrenheit since, in some cases, the middle of last week.
As utility companies continued to battle massive power breakdowns
in Washington metropolitan area about 419,400 businesses and
households making up 22.3 percent of customers remained without
electricity Monday afternoon, the Washington Post reported citing
utilities' Web sites.
That was down from 34 percent of households and businesses late
Sunday afternoon, and hundreds of thousands more who had no power
Friday night and Saturday. But some areas experienced an increase
in power failures Monday as utility companies sought to deal with
the overall power crisis.
The weatherman predicted slightly cooler readings - in the low 90s
- for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, after days of record-breaking
heat in which the mercury approached 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
But the National Weather Service also warned of extremely hot and
threatening weather again by Thursday, with heat indexes of 105
and readings in the upper 90s through the weekend.
(Arun Kumar can
be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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