A tornado heavily damaged a large Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina on Wednesday, the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S.
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer confirmed that a large complex was damaged by a twister that tore through the Rocky Mount area, but said in an email that it had no reports of serious injuries at the facility.
Forecasters said there was little relief in sight from days of extreme weather for large swaths of the nation.Miami has endured a heat index of at 100 degrees Fahrenheit or more for weeks, with temperatures expected to rise this weekend. The storm system is then forecast to move Thursday and Friday over New England, where the ground remains saturated after recent floods.In Connecticut, a mother and her 5-year-old daughter died after being swept down a swollen river Tuesday.
No other major city –- defined as the 25 most populous in the U.S. -– has had any stretch of 110-degree days or 90-degree nights longer than Phoenix, said weather historian Christopher Burt of the Weather Company.Phoenix
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