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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — <\/span>This summer’s historic heat wave has proven to be deadly in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n The city’s health department said seven heat-related deaths have been reported so far in July.<\/p>\n That includes the stretch in which Philadelphia saw three straight days of temperatures over 100 degrees.<\/p>\n There was also a heat-related death back in May, city officials said.<\/p>\n New Jersey earlier reported 29 heat-related deaths, with most of them occurring in the northern and central parts of the state.<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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. 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