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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed Jul 17, 2013, 02:04 PM Jul 2013

City Man's Death Linked To Recent Heat Stretch

NY1News

As New Yorkers try to beat the heat for the fourth straight day, there's word the soaring summer temperatures contributed to the death of a Staten Island man earlier this month.

The official cause of death for the 57-year-old was hyperthermia, or exposure to elevated temperatures.

Further details surrounding the man's death were not immediately available.

Meanwhile, with another day of soaring temperatures and a heat advisory still in effect, cooling centers will remain open across the five boroughs.

Read more at http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/185625/city-man-s-death-linked-to-recent-heat-stretch

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