Extreme heat on Independence Day will be America's new normal, experts say
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In D.C., hundreds of people were treated who were at the National Mall celebration: DC Fire and EMS reported 96 patient contacts, George Washington University reported 289 patient contacts, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported 314 patient contacts. There were no specific figures available for heat-specific treatment, but the temperature hit 102 degrees in D.C. over the weekend.

At a Fourth of July event in Boston, 34 of the 108 people treated by emergency responders were cases associated with the heat, according to Caitlin McLaughlin, director of media and public relations at Boston Emergency Medical Services.

From Wednesday to Saturday, 84 of all 911 calls in Boston were associated with heat. Rawlins said the number shows a "public health system under real stress."

"These numbers are the human cost of what the climate data is telling us," Rawlins said.

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