Record heat, millions of people without light after storms

Continue the exceptional heat wave in the US record temperatures, which also was followed by violent thunderstorms Friday 'had caused the deaths of at least 12 people and knocked down power lines from Indiana to Maryland, leaving nearly 3 million of people without electricity, and hundreds of thousands of people this morning were still without light. It 'was declared a state of emergency in Washington DC, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia because of the damage created by the rains, which were accompanied by high winds. The fury of the storm and 'was followed by record temperatures above 38 degrees (with peaks of 41 degrees in town' south as Atlanta). Nineteen states have issued warnings of excessive heat, particularly dangerous for larger groups' vulnerable, elderly and sick.