Blistering Heat Continues, Even for Thousands Still Without Power
The number of households without power dropped Thursday, but for hundreds of thousands of people still in the dark after last week’s heat-driven storms, life was just as uncomfortable.
The thermometer was still hovering around the 100-degree mark in many places, and it’s not likely to move much until the start of next week.
That was after many in those states spent the Fourth of July much like the Founding Fathers may have — weltering in darkness.
More than 580,000 customers were still without power Thursday afternoon in Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Kentucky, North Carolina, New Jersey, Illinois and the District of Columbia. Because utilities typically define each residential and business account as a customer, the actual number of people affected was not clear.