679 die in Michigan

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This was posted by the Weather Service at the beginning of July, 2012 (our super hot weather time).

On This Day in Weather History...


In 1934, one of the worst heatwaves, in U.S. history, began. During the last two weeks of the month, 679 people died from heat-related illnesses here in Michigan; 300 of those were in Detroit.

---National Weather Service
 

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