Wednesday, July 8, 2026 3:56AM

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — This summer’s historic heat wave has proven to be deadly in Philadelphia.

The city’s health department said seven heat-related deaths have been reported so far in July.

That includes the stretch in which Philadelphia saw three straight days of temperatures over 100 degrees.

There was also a heat-related death back in May, city officials said.

New Jersey earlier reported 29 heat-related deaths, with most of them occurring in the northern and central parts of the state.

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