Heat-related deaths continue to rise in Maricopa County, where Phoenix is located. The previous record was 96 degrees Fahrenheit (35.6 degrees Celsius) in 2003, the weather service reported. Meanwhile, Phoenix broke an all-time record Wednesday morning for a warm low temperature at 97 degrees Fahrenheit (36.1 degrees Celsius), raising the threat of heat-related illness for residents unable to cool off adequately overnight. In southeastern Pennsylvania, a search continued for two children caught in flash flooding Saturday night. In Connecticut, a mother and her 5-year-old daughter died after being swept down a swollen river Tuesday. The storm system is then forecast to move Thursday and Friday over New England, where the ground remains saturated after recent floods. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency in those areas Wednesday as more storms threatened.įorecasters expect up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain could yet fall on parts of Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri near where the Ohio and Mississippi rivers converge. In Kentucky, meteorologists warned of a “life-threatening situation” in the communities of Mayfield and Wingo, which were inundated by flash flooding from waves of thunderstorms. The storm temporarily closed a stretch of Interstate 95 in both directions in North Carolina, causing miles (kilometers) of congestion. The National Weather Service said in a tweet that the damage was consistent with an EF3 tornado with wind speeds up to 150 mph (240 kph). Erin Fox, senior pharmacy director at University of Utah Health, said the damage “will likely lead to long-term shortages while Pfizer works to either move production to other sites or rebuilds.” The plant produces anesthesia and other drugs as well as nearly 25 percent of all sterile injectable medications used in U.S. The Pfizer plant stores large quantities of medicine that were tossed about, said Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone, adding, “I’ve got reports of 50,000 pallets of medicine that are strewn across the facility and damaged through the rain and the wind.” Parts of roofs were ripped open atop its massive buildings. A later company statement said all employees were safely evacuated and accounted for. Pfizer confirmed that the large manufacturing complex was damaged by a twister that touched down shortly after midday near Rocky Mount, but said in an email that it had no reports of serious injuries. A tornado heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina on Wednesday, while torrential rain flooded communities in Kentucky and an area from California to south Florida endured more scorching heat. By Ben Finley and Hannah Schoenbaum | Associated Press
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