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Deadly 2026 heat season shatters state records for heat-related emergency calls, fatalities

States Newsroom · October 9, 2026

The annual Maryland heat season ended with a record-breaking year for heat-related illnesses and deaths, with the state reporting that 61 Marylanders died due to hyperthermia in the season that ended Sept. 30. It shattered the previous record of 42 fatalities, set in 2012, according to available public data, and came…

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Deadly 2026 heat season shatters state records for heat-related emergency calls, fatalities

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