Record-Breaking Heat

Marylanders try to block the suns rays

Record-Breaking Heat

By Robert Groth

Conowingo

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Workers stay cool any way they can.

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Authorities hand out supplies to help residents cope with the heat.

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By Josh Mah

A dust devil near Patterson Park in Baltimore.

Record-Breaking Heat

By Josh Mah

A dust devil near Patterson Park in Baltimore.

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People try to keep cool in Maryland

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Baltimore residents fan themselves off as they face the heat.

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Jeff Grayson somersaults from a rope swing into a lake at the Beaver Dam Swimming Club July 2, 2012 in Cockeysville, Maryland. Residents of the Baltimore and Washington area continue to seek ways to avoid the heat with electrical power knocked out by storms 3 days ago still impacting almost half a million people. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Gene Holmes splashes into a quarry lake after jumping from a rope swing at the Beaver Dam Swimming Club July 2, 2012 in Cockeysville, Maryland. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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A group of kids jump into a quarry lake at the Beaver Dam Swimming Club to try to beat the heat. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Khalil Parker, of Baltimore, Maryland, splashes cold water on his face after a noon game of basketball at Druid Hill Park. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun/MCT via Getty Images)

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Chantel Streeter and her son, Omar, try to keep cool while waiting for a bus in west Baltimore. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun/MCT via Getty Images)

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Alphonso Scott takes a moment while working in upper 90 degree temperature Baltimore, Maryland. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun/MCT via Getty Images)

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William Bratcher tries to cool off while working on Falls Road. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun/MCT via Getty Images)

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The sun beats down on Baltimore.

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Kids splash around in pools to keep cool during the heat wave.

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Baltimore tries to beat the heat.

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Marylanders soak up the hot sun as they work on their tans.

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Workers work through the heat in Baltimore.

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The heat makes working outside unbearable.

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Doctors warn about the dangers of the heat.

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The heat wave continues in Maryland.

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Jeff Grayson swims in the quarry lake at the Beaver Dam Swimming Club July 2, 2012 in Cockeysville, Maryland. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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This is heat-related concrete damage along US 50 near Maryland 197.

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That looks ominous.

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These are mammatus clouds.

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Mammatus clouds are photographed in Charles Village.