Heat Wave Topples Records
FROM THE DOPPLER 10 FORECAST CENTER… A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY… McLENNAN, WILLIAMSON, AND SAN SABA…AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES TODAY AND FRIDAY WILL RISE TO BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES...WHILE OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT WILL STRUGGLE TO FALL BELOW 80 DEGREES…PERSONS INVOLVED IN VIGOROUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE URGED TO TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER…
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(June 20, 2008)--Southern California residents are sticking close to air conditioners as the heat wave that began this week shatters more record highs.

It hit 116 degrees Thursday in Palm Springs and 118 in Thermal, Calif.

The record high of 109 for the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles was smashed by four degrees.

Cooling centers for seniors are open in Los Angeles County, and people are being encouraged to visit air-conditioned malls and libraries in the evenings.

Electricity use in Los Angeles has set a record for June.

At least one death is linked to the heat wave: an elderly woman near the California-Arizona line.

The high temperatures are also helping fan small brush fires.

One fire 70 miles east of San Diego has grown to 50 acres.
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