Heat in Robeson, North Carolina

Heat July 28, 1997 · Robeson, North Carolina

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 56 YEAR OLD MALE COLLAPSED WHILE WORKING ON THE ROOF OF LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK WHICH OFFICIALS BELIEVE WAS CAUSED BY THE SWELTERING HEAT. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MID 90S WITH HEAT INDICES EXCEEDING 100 DEGREES

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5612612. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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