https://sundayeveningreview.com/tags/stafford-act/Recent content in Stafford-Act on Sunday Evening ReviewHugoen-usTue, 07 Jul 2026 06:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/today/the-day-monday-july-7-2026/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/today/the-day-monday-july-7-2026/<p>At least 25 people have died in New Jersey from heat-related illness since the dome settled over the Northeast last week, state health officials confirmed over the weekend. Dr. Raynard Washington, the state&rsquo;s health commissioner, said most victims were found in homes without air conditioning. Governor Mikie Sherrill called extreme heat &ldquo;the number one weather-related killer in America&rdquo; and said the state was enduring its hottest stretch in more than fourteen years. Atlantic City recorded 106 degrees. Washington, D.C., hit 100 on the Fourth of July. More than 200 million Americans were under heat alerts at the peak of the dome, a figure that exceeded the population of every country in Europe except Germany. <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heat-wave-hottest-july-4th-record-temperatures/">CBS News tracked the death toll and advisories across the affected states.</a></p>