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Heat in San Diego County Deserts, California
Heat May 7, 2001 – May 11, 2001 · San Diego County Deserts, California
The wider storm
On 5/11/01, emergency crews rescued 19 people suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration on a freight train located near the city of Cabazon. The train was bound from Palm Springs to Los Angeles and it was unclear when the people had gotten on the train. On 5/13/01, a man's body was discovered in Palm Canyon, located near the Dos Cabezas mine in extreme eastern San Diego County. Record high temperatures had been set in the Coachella Valley and San Diego County Deserts the previous week.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5243335. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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