fighting high temps. how much longer will it last. reporter: here s what people are talking about today. another day of intense heat and just minutes ago baltimore issued a code red for temperatures tomorrow. firefighters battled a blaze tonight and tried to keep cool with drinks and wet towels. earlier today american red cross workers made sure cooling centers were stocked with water. wjz is live first morning coverage. we begin with bob. reporter: once again a record set today. we got up to 101. the previous record was 99. take a look at radar. temperatures just dropped down to 87. here it is 11:00 at night. dc still coming in at 91. there are some cooler readings, 7 78, 77, lots of 70s. tomorrow afternoon we are probably only get to the mid- 90s. so even though temperatures are not going to be in triple digits. we are expecting to have a very warm and more humid afternoon and guess what, we might just see a shower or thunder shower. yesterday all time record 105. t
in a row of 100-plus degree readings. that has not happened since 1948. also that, does make another record on the date. the old record for today was 99 degrees. as far as records go, we were just also looking for the entire year. the most we ve ever had in one year was 1988. and that was seven, 100-plus days. we ve already had five so far this year. and summer is just getting under way. we will keep you updated on the forecast. right now, we re going to see the heat back off a little the next few days. we ll have that forecast coming up. first warning weather coverage continues. with mike hellgren, with more on nursing home residents who are forced to move because of the heat. mike? reporter: yes, that s right, mary. here at raven wood, the parent company says they only learned about the problems yesterday. and worked quickly to try to fix them. none of the patients, thankfully, have had any heat- related illnesses. [ siren ] the state ordered the 150 people who lived
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