Dangerous US heat wave kills at least 7 people, buckles and cracks streets, cancels NYC triathlon, halts subway lines and triggers large power outages

The dangerous heat wave sweeping across the Midwest and the US East Coast is linked to the deaths of at least seven people.

The heatwave also forced the cancellation of the New York City Triathlon (first time since its start), buckled roads in South Dakota, cracked streets in Kansas and suspended about a third of NYC’s subway lines on Friday during the evening commute.

The deadly and dangerous heat wave that enveloped much of the United States over the weekend is being blamed for at least seven deaths: 3 in Maryland, 2 in Illinois, 1 in Arizona and 1 in Arkansas.
Temperatures reached the upper 90s from the Carolinas to Maine on Sunday, and the heat index hit 110 degrees in some places.

“There’s no point being out,” Washington bus driver Ramieka Darby said while taking a quick break amid temperatures of nearly 100 degrees.
In New York City, Consolidated Edison reported roughly 50,000 customers were without power as of 10 p.m. Sunday because of scattered outages, the vast majority in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, according to the Associated Press.

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In some areas, the heat was so intense that roads buckled. A stretch of Interstate 229 was closed in Sioux Falls when the roadway rose up and snapped under the Western Avenue bridge, according to the Associated Press.


 Extreme heat has caused roads to buckle in Wichita, Kansas, where the temperature reached 100 degrees Wednesday, the Wichita Eagle reported.

The worst is on the southbound lanes, but the crack stretches nearly curb to curb.

Police in Hays, Kansas, also reported cracked and buckled asphalt there.