Excessive Heat — Central St. Louis, Minnesota
August 9, 2021 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Twin 3-year-old boys were reported missing around 5:30PM the afternoon of the 9th in Hibbing, Minnesota. Officers and neighbors searched for the boys who were located around 6:30PM locked inside a vehicle. Both of the boys were unresponsive and in medical distress when found. Air temperatures at the time were in the middle 80s, but inside the car it was in excess of 120F. One of the boys was airlifted to a children's specialty hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he later died. The other boy was treated and released from a local hospital.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.