NYC residents try to escape heat at Coney Island

Dangerously high temperatures threatened much of the US’s Northeast on Thursday, as huge swaths of the country sweltered under a heat wave that could continue for days and send temperatures soaring.
In the New York City area, temperatures will again soar into the 90s — below triple-digit records — but the high moisture in the air will make it feel well over a 100 degrees. New York residents flocked to the beach and boardwalk on Coney Island, where temperatures stayed a few degrees cooler with a strong offshore breeze. Heat advisories extended all along the East Coast, from South Carolina to southern Maine. This summer is shaping up to be one of the hottest on record — not just in the United States but across Europe and other parts of the globe.