NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge Sun Aug 28 2005 105 AM CDT Inland Hurricane Warning

Heat Continues for the East and South-Central U.S.; Strong to Severe Storms Across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

The extremely dangerous heat wave continues across the East Coast and much of the South-Central U.S. today. Record high temperatures are expected for some areas especially across the Mid-Atlantic where extreme heat risk conditions reside. There is a Slight Risk (level 2 of 5) of severe thunderstorms today for the northern Mid-Atlantic into portions of southern New England. Read More >

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