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By COREY WILLIAMS<\/p>\n

Several days of scorching temperatures are suspected to have caused at least 19 deaths in New Jersey as a heat dome that had settled above parts of the central and eastern United States gives way to severe storms that have knocked out power to close to 1 million homes and businesses.<\/p>\n

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New Jersey officials said Saturday that they began seeing what they believe are heat-related deaths as early as Thursday with most occurring in the central and northern parts of the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, many of these individuals were found in homes without air conditioning,\u201d state Health Commissioner Dr. Raynard Washington told reporters Saturday. \u201cA few were outside their residences, some on the street and some even in parked cars.\u201d<\/p>\n

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill called the current weather \u201cthe hottest stretch we\u2019ve seen in over 14 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe heat\u2019s hitting all of us, not just seniors, not just with underlying health conditions, people of all ages,\u201d Sherrill said.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, LaGuardia Airport in New York set a new record high of 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius), topping the previous record of 101 F (38.3 C) set in 1966, according to Bryan Jackson, a meteorologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s Weather Prediction Center.<\/p>\n

Trenton, New Jersey, reached 101 F, which broke the record of 100 F (37.7 C) set in 1901. Newark\u2019s high Thursday was 105 F (40.5 C).<\/p>\n

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Atlantic City, New Jersey, hit 103 F (39.4 C) on Thursday, breaking the city\u2019s record of 100 F set in 1966, Jackson said. Atlantic City reached 105 F on Friday and 106 F (41.1 C) on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Heat domes can be dangerous and combine very high temperatures with high moisture, Jackson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a lot of cases they also had direct sunshine,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was relentless. It was multiple days. It was not as cool overnight, as well. The low Friday morning in Atlantic City was 80. The body can\u2019t recover as well. You just have that multiple day buildup and too much added stress on the body.\u201d<\/p>\n

But even as the heat moved to the east, lowering temperatures a bit, severe storms blew in with heavy winds that toppled utility poles and split trees, causing their boles and branches to fall onto power lines.<\/p>\n

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About 900,000 utility customers in parts of the central, eastern and southern United States were without electricity early Sunday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.com.<\/p>\n

More than 223,000 customers in Michigan and close to 170,000 in Pennsylvania had lost power.<\/p>\n

PPL Electric reported 121,417 without power Sunday morning, including about 47,000 in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area.<\/p>\n

Central Hudson in New York State reported that it had more than 430 reported downed wires on Sunday. The utility said about 50,000 customers were affected by the storm and that about 650 still were without power Sunday.<\/p>\n

Amanda Vesper was putting her children to bed Friday evening when the first storm rolled through the Detroit area, knocking out her power.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt didn\u2019t seem that awful. It got quite windy,\u201d said Vesper, 40, of Commerce Township.<\/p>\n

As of late Sunday morning, the electricity still was out.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been going back and forth between a hotel and our home because we have dogs there,\u201d she said. \u201cWe really can\u2019t stay there. I have a small child with autism. Our well runs on an electric pump.\u201d<\/p>\n

The outage also ruined the family\u2019s July 4 celebration.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had planned on having company over at the house, but had to cancel,\u201d Vesper said. \u201cI went grocery shopping. I\u2019m hoping my freezer holds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackson, with the Weather Prediction Center, said Sunday will see heavy thunderstorms in and around the Cleveland area. Those storms then will shift eastward and move into Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York \u2014 where chances exist for flash flooding, he added.<\/p>\n

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