Fish kill triggered in Potomac River as water temperatures surge to record 94 degrees due to extreme heat wave

LITTLE FALLS, Md. — The East Coast’s Fourth of July heat wave drove the Potomac River north of Little Falls, Maryland, to a record temperature, contributing to a large fish kill, officials said.

The Maryland Department of the Environment said one of its biologists recorded a water temperature of 94 degrees on July 4, while data from the USGS shows water temperatures peaking at 98.4 degrees…

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