PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) \u2014 The middle of May has felt like the end of July for residents \u2014 with record heat inching towards 100 degrees. Those extreme temperatures have led to an air quality warning throughout the region.<\/p>\n
Temperatures have reached the mid-to-upper 90s, approaching a 35-year record for the month of May. Amazon driver Daquan was running in and out of his air-conditioned truck to get packages on porches. \u201cTrying to keep a positive mind, trying not to think about how hot it is and just stay hydrated,\u201d he said. \u201cOrange juice, citrus and water.\u201d<\/p>\n
For people without air conditioning, like Phyllis Ray, there are plenty of places to cool off. \u201cTrying to stay hydrated and stay in the shade as much as possible in the coolness, so I am at the library right now,\u201d she said, \u201calso trying to get some cool air. \u201c<\/p>\n
Officials in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware have issued a Code Orange, an air quality warning for sensitive groups such as children, the elderly, those with lung conditions or who may be pregnant.<\/p>\n
Caryelle Vialubi, director of the Camden County Health Department, said it\u2019s important to limit your time outside \u2014 and noted there are signs to look out for when it comes to overheating.<\/p>\n
\u201cKeep an eye on appearance, so if you see excessive sweating, the skin turning red, looking tired or complaining of a headache or not feeling right, feeling dizzy, or any changes in their behavior, that is going to be an indicator that something may be changing internally,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHeat stroke and heat illness is an emergency so if someone starts to demonstrate any of these, or becomes confused or stops sweating, or starts to lose consciousness, that is a life threatening emergency and they should \u2026 call 911.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anyone who needs to find a cooling station is advised to check with their municipality for designated spaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) \u2014 The middle of May has felt like the end of July for residents \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[30257,30287,32817,69,71,70,62363,1133],"class_list":["post-197181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-air-quality","tag-code-orange","tag-heat","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-record-temperatures","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}