(16 Jul 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 15 July 2025
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Nandini Gupta, The Associated Press:
"One word for the heat."
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Fiona Walsh, New York resident:
"Suffocating."
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Isabel Shain, New York resident:
"Sweltering."
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Skye Volkening-Jeffrey, New York resident:
"Sticky."
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Sasa Drvis, New York resident:
"Insane heat."
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sara Ahmed, New York resident:
"Terrible."
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Fabian Andres, New York resident:
"Life-giving."
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Nandini Gupta, The Associated Press:
"Have you been affected by the record breaking heat wave that’s gripping the U.S.? People across the country are seeing stifling temperatures and uncomfortable humidity, so we decided to ask them, ‘what do you do to beat the heat and stay cool?’"
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Fiona Walsh, New York resident:
"I have a fan that I take with me on the train and to work that I bring with me out to lunch, as you can see, and then I have another one for nights out."
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Sasa Drvis, New York resident:
"The way to beat it is staying in the shade with a dog and having enough fluids."
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Isabel Shain, New York resident:
"Something that I do to beat the heat and stay cool on days like this is I usually carry a paper fan around with me, especially helpful in the subway."
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Fabian Andres, New York resident:
"So I like to come out here, I like to go out to the shade and feed these fellows. That’s how I like to beat the heat personally. I don’t know, it keeps my heart cool."
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Skye Volkening-Jeffrey, New York resident:
"Try and catch the draft of the AC that comes out of the retail stores when you’re walking down the avenue."
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Sara Ahmed, New York resident:
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"I’ve been eating a lot of gelato and ice cream. I’ve tried a bunch of new spots in the city, but I love a good gelato spot."
15. Wide of people sitting under umbrellas
STORYLINE:
Extensive triple digit heat, broken temperature records and oppressive humidity has piled up into a steaming mess for the Northeast.
New York City faced a remarkable range of weather extremes this week as a relentless heatwave coincided with record-breaking torrential rains.
"I have a fan that I take with me on the train and to work that I bring with me out to lunch," says New York resident Fiona Walsh. "I have another one for nights out."
"Try and catch the draft of the AC that comes out of the retail stores when you’re walking down the avenue," says New York resident Skye Volkening-Jeffrey.
"I’ve been eating a lot of gelato and ice cream," says New York resident Sara Ahmed. "I’ve tried a bunch of new spots in the city, but I love a good gelato spot."
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