HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — As visitors and locals wrap up the Independence Day holiday weekend, new data reveals the stark reality of how extreme, record-breaking temperatures are impacting health across the Commonwealth.
According to the Virginia Department of Health, 737 people visited emergency departments because of heat-related illnesses in just a four-day span from July 1 through July 4. Of those days, Friday, July 3 was the worst with 225 medical visits.
This comes as Hampton Roads experienced record-breaking heat on Independence Day.VDH data shows that between May 1 and July 4, Virginia Beach recorded some of the highest numbers of heat-related illnesses in the state, second only to Fairfax County…