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Twenty-nine New Jerseyans suffered what are believed to be weather-related deaths during a multiday heat wave as temperatures reached as high as 108 degrees.
“We know for sure that at least nine of them were unhoused,” said Connie Mercer, CEO of the New Jersey Coalition to End Homelessness. “And that another three or four of them were in cars, but probably living in their cars, also died a horrible, tragic, avoidable death.”
As another wave grips the state this week, Newark, the state's most populated city, is under a Code Red order by Mayor Ras Baraka. Through 9 p.m. Wednesday, the city is encouraging residents to seek relief at air-conditioned libraries, recreation centers and other sites, and to summon help for unhoused people in distress.
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