A flag seller in New York's Spanish Harlem uses a fan in his shop Wednesday as temperatures reach record-breaking highs.
(CNN) -- At least five possible heat-related deaths, all involving people 60 years or older and having pre-existing medical conditions, have been reported by health officials in three states, underscoring the danger posed to those most vulnerable in the searing heat wave that has gripped much of the eastern United States for nearly two weeks.
Medical examiners on Wednesday were investigating the death of a 69-year-old nursing home patient who, they say, was left outdoors in his wheelchair, unchecked, for more than three hours during record heat in Milwaukee, CNN affiliate WISN reported.
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