Heat wave death toll climbs to 9 as Brooklyn man, 84, succumbs

ast week's heat wave has been blamed for another death. The city Medical Examiner said Wednesday that an 84-year-old Brooklyn man is the ninth person to die from the extreme heat during the weeklong span when temperatures soared to the high 90s. The unidentified victim died Sunday, when the heat wave broke but temperatures still reached 89 degrees, officials said. He’s the fourth Brooklynite to die from hyperthermia this year, officials said.

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