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ASIEH NAMDAR, CNN ANCHOR: We begin in North America, parts of which are in the grip of a killer heat wave that's draining power and making life miserable for millions of people. The Midwestern and Eastern regions of the United States have experienced such high temperatures that several people have died of heat stroke.
Parts of Canada are also coping with record heat. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has more on how people there are handling the hot weather.
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MAITE ORMAECHEA, CBC CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): On the courts and in the stands, they're seeking relief at the Tennis Masters Tournament, but it isn't easy.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Heat-wife, it's unbelievable.
ORMAECHEA: Sweltering, unbearable.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's like being in the Caribbean at noon.
ORMAECHEA: And however they try to cope, some still can't take the heat. Just ask the doctor who sees the symptoms.
DR. DANIEL LABBE, SPORTS DOCTOR: Headaches, nausea and sometimes vomiting or abdominal cramps and dizziness.
ORMAECHEA: The signs of body meltdown. So much sun, so much humidity, it's hard to cool down. In extreme cases, that could cause hate stroke.
DR. JOHN DARSLEY, MONTREAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Your body temperature just goes up and up and up, and at some point you get the failure of the control mechanisms, and then you get organ damage.
ORMAECHEA: And it can kill. Korey Stringer of the Minnesota Vikings was overcome during practice. He died of heat stroke. That's also suspected in the death of this high school player from Indiana.
The heat is getting to athletes in this country too.
JACK CLIMIE, FOOTBALL PLAYER: I have seen guys pass out, I've seen guys vomiting, I've seen guys had to be hooked up to IVs after practice. It's a definite problem.
ORMAECHEA: And not just in professional sports.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don't think people are aware enough. We are not used to the heat.
ORMAECHEA: Some people in Toronto are getting used to it. Today, they had their fourth heat alert of the year.
LIZ JANZEN, TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH: We keep going as if the weather makes no difference to us, but I think we need to understand now that on really hot days and humid days, we do need to pay attention.
ORMAECHEA (on camera): Canadian health officials don't keep count of people affected by extreme heat, but they know they're out there. And with predictions that things will heat up even more, they say they're working harder to ensure people are aware of the dangers.
Maite Ormaechea, CBC News, Montreal.
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