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As of Tuesday morning, about 1.37 million customers scattered through 11 states, from Indiana to Delaware and Washington, had no electricity, down from about 1.8 million overnight -- and a peak of 4 million on Friday night and Saturday, just after the storms hit. A household is considered one customer, so the actual number of people without power is higher.

The total included 351,000 in West Virginia, 309,000 in Ohio and nearly 279,000 in Virginia, along with about 116,000 in metro Washington. Power and government authorities said some may not get electricity back until the end of this week.

For Tuesday, extreme heat warnings were issued for parts of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan, with the National Weather Service saying that those areas would be scorched with temperatures near or above triple digits.

Heat advisory warnings were also in place for a handful of states, including parts of Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.

Cities and towns in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast have already endured temperatures in the high 90s and above 100 degrees since, in some cases, the middle of last week. It's all part of a system tied to the breaking or tying of more than 2,238 hot weather records nationwide between June 25 and Sunday, according to the National Climatic Data Center.

The nearby community of Wharton set up a cooling center but said water and ice are in short supply.

"Ever since Saturday, we've had people -- 40, 50, 60 people -- waiting to get some relief and it's just not coming," said Carlos Jarvis of Wharton. "... People are in dire straits, really."

In Rockville, Maryland, members of the Brandon family attempted to escape the heat by sitting on their porch.

"Three windows I can open, (but) it doesn't help at all," Nick Brandon told WJLA on Monday.

"Today feels hotter than yesterday," said his father, Ivan Brandon. "We've figured out how to do it. We sit out here, we sit out back on the deck."

In Germantown, Maryland, crowds packed one of the few public pools with electricity.

"It's just great to get out of the heat. It's super hot without air conditioning in the house, so it's great to cool off in the water," Brian O'Keefe told WJLA.

And a mall in Wheaton, Maryland, looked like it was Christmas season instead of early July.

Matt Lloyd of Silver Spring spent several hours there with his children, WJLA said. "It's nice that there's still power here," he said.More at http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/03/us/extreme-heat/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1

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