Holiday Heat Wave Sent Hundreds to Maryland Emergency Rooms

Holiday heat wave sent hundreds to Maryland emergency rooms

Hundreds of Marylanders went to the emergency room for heat-related illnesses, and hundreds more called for emergency medical services in last week's brutally hot and humid weather. (Photo by Wesley Farnsworth/U.S. Air Force)More than 470 heat-related emergency room visits were reported during last week’s Independence Day heat wave, more ER visits in one week than had been recorded for the entire heat season that began in May, according to new d…

Fish kills follow extreme heat in Baltimore Harbor and around Maryland

Atlantic menhaden have turned up dead in Fells Point. Golden redhorse suckers washed up along a miles-long stretch of the Potomac River. And this week, in an Ocean City canal, hundreds of horseshoe crabs floated to the surface.