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2023 Jul Sat 16:45
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A prolonged heat wave kept its grip on the U.S. South as dangerously high temperatures rising well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) and oppressive humidity were on tap across a wide swath of the region through the holiday weekend.
Vincent Howard, who is homeless, drinks a cold bottle of water during a period of hot weather in Houston, Texas - Photo: Reuters
Fernando Oviedo splashes his face with water in between placing gravel at a new build in a residential neighborhood in the middle of the day during a period of hot weather in San Antonio, Texas - Photo: Reuters
A construction worker douses his face in water to try to remain cool amid soaring temperatures during a period of hot weather in Houston, Texas - Photo: Reuters
Firefighter EMT William Dorsey lifts a migrant woman suffering from heat exhaustion onto a stretcher in the border community of Eagle Pass, Texas - Photo: Reuters
Firefighter EMT Rodrigo Pineda and firefighter EMT William Dorsey treat a migrant woman suffering from heat exhaustion in the border community of Eagle Pass, Texas - Photo: Reuters
Firefighter EMT William Dorsey treats a migrant woman suffering from heat exhaustion in the border community of Eagle Pass, Texas - Photo: Reuters