extreme heat

The heat is on in Delaware starting Wednesday.

This week is Delaware’s first Heat Awareness Week. And it seems especially well-timed.This week saw higher than average temperatures for this time of year. Maximum temperatures this week averaged over 80 degrees with the first three days seeing highs over 90 degrees, including record breaking highs in Wilmington and Georgetown.The creation of Heat Awareness Week in Delaware is the culmination of an effort by a group of University of Delaware students in a class taught by Vaishnavi Tripuraneni, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences. Two of them - Katherine Turner and Jennifer Barbour - joined Delaware Public Media’s Jay Shah to explain why heat awareness matters and efforts to address heat-related issues.

It’s been so hot this week that Sussex County roads are buckling.

Cooling stations are available free of charge in each of the three counties.

The heat wave in Delaware continues, but there is an end in sight by the end of the weekend.

The oppressive heat over the weekend and a lack of heat emergency shelters Georgetown led to action by the First State Community Action Agency and the Springboard Collaborative.

For the first time this summer, Delawareans need to deal with excessive heat.

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Excessive heat is coming to Delaware this weekend.Temperatures will start to rise Saturday, but National Weather Service meteorologist Valerie Meola says…