U.S. heat wave claims as many as 64 lives | Reuters

(Reuters) - The massive heat wave that baked half the country in triple digit heat indexes last week may have caused as many as 64 deaths in 15 states, the National Weather Service said late on Tuesday.

Making Heat Waves Deadly Again | The SPPI Blog

The benchmark to remember is that 12,000 people died in the heat wave of 1926!