Heat in Cumberland, North Carolina

Heat August 10, 2007 · Cumberland, North Carolina

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 43 year old male collapsed while pumping gas and was found by a highway patrol officer. The man died from heat stroke. The victim's core body temperature was 106 degrees.

The wider storm

Several days of extreme heat with afternoon highs in the upper 90s to lower 100s resulted in numerous heat related injuries across Central North Carolina and one heat related death.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 48229. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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