Missouri heat deaths: 9 confirmed, another 7 reported

Thursday, August 16, 2007

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- An unrelenting August heat wave has killed nine people in Missouri and is the likely cause of another seven deaths, state officials said Thursday.

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