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August 19th Morning Forecast
We're expected to set record high temperatures Saturday and Sunday.
FORT WORTH, Texas - Tarrant County has confirmed a dozen deaths from heat-related illness so far this summer.
The medical examiner’s office has been tracking hyperthermia cases since May 1.
Eight people died in July.
The other four deaths happened in August.
Dallas weather: North Texas could see record-high temperatures this weekend
Records are expected to be broken this weekend as temperatures could climb to 110 degrees.
Some victims had no working A/C, and others were working outside.
The youngest victim was a 26-year-old woman and the oldest was 79.