With the sun beating down, house painter Jesus Rubela climbs up a ladder while restoring a home in the South Boston neighborhood, Wednesday, July 17, 2013 in Boston. Temperatures in the Boston area reached the 90s, extending a heat wave. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
With the sun beating down, house painter Jesus Rubela climbs up a ladder while restoring a home in the South Boston neighborhood, Wednesday, July 17, 2013 in Boston. Temperatures in the Boston area reached the 90s, extending a heat wave. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
House painter Jesus Rubela wipes the sweat from his face while restoring a home in the South Boston neighborhood, Wednesday, July 17, 2013 in Boston. Temperatures in the Boston area reached the 90's, extending a heat wave. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
A man cools off on the shore of Castle Island in the South Boston neighborhood, Wednesday, July 17, 2013 in Boston. Temperatures in the Boston area reached the 90s, extending a heat wave. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Joe Prostko of Tonica, Ill., unloads bails of hay from his truck for his American Paint horses at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Wednesday, July 17, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. The National Weather Service says daily temperatures are expected to reach highs in the mid to upper 90s throughout the Midwest. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
Joe Prostko of Tonica, Ill., unloads an American Paint horse and leads it to the barn at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Wednesday, July 17, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. The National Weather Service says daily temperatures are expected to reach highs in the mid to upper 90s throughout the Midwest. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
A cross-country heat wave is buckling highway pavement in several states, exacerbating emergencies like broken water mains and making dangerous work more so for western firefighters battling wildfires. At least one person has died.
Forecasters say it'll be days before temperatures cool ? and with the colder air will come the risk of severe thunderstorms.
Here are photos showing America ? at work, at play and sweating all the while ? during the hottest spell so far this summer.
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