Excessive Heat in Coastal Miami-dade County, Florida

Eight students were treated for heat-related illnesses at Ruth Broad Bay Harbor K-8 Center in Bay Harbor Islands after physical education class. One student was transported to a hospital and the other seven students were treated at the scene. Temperatures were around 90 degrees with relative humidity values around 70 percent near the time of the event, yielding heat index values in the 106 to 111 degree range.

Very warm and humid weather conditions led to heat indexes near 110 degrees across northeast Miami-Dade County.