Children play in the ocean at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Nearly 4 million homes and businesses were without power amid a record heat wave in the eastern United States after deadly thunderstorms downed power lines from Indiana to New Jersey. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)
Turner Field vendors Demetrius Smith (L) and James Jernigan use bags of ice to stay cool while working at the baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Washington Nationals at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia. (Tami Chappell /Reuters)
People lie on the beach at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York. About 3.9 million homes and businesses were without power amid a record heat wave in the eastern United States after deadly thunderstorms downed power lines from Indiana to New Jersey. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)
Local residents observe damages after a powerful overnight storm in the Washington, D.C. region. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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A man crosses downed powerlines as a downed tree and a damaged truck are seen in the background after a powerful overnight storm in the Washington, D.C. area. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
A fallen tree uprooted following heavy storms in the Washington, D.C. region lays on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Tents that are part of the annual Folklife Festival on the National Mall were destroyed during heavy storms in the Washington, D.C. region. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Tents that are part of the annual Folklife Festival on the National Mall were destroyed during heavy storms in the Washington, D.C. region. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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A utility pole is seen snapped in half after heavy winds from Friday night’s passing storm in Huntington, Md. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Power lines hang from a utility pole snapped in half and a fallen tree covers a car on Yorktown Blvd. in after heavy storms in the Washington, D.C. region. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
A chainsaw is used to cut a tree that fell onto the 14th fairway during an overnight storm in the Washington area. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
Workers cut up a tree along the 14th fairway from overnight storm damage that delayed the start of Round Three of the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club on June 30, 2012 in Bethesda, Md. (Rob Carr/Getty Images)
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An uprooted tree caused damage to electrical lines and a home in the American University neighborhood of Washington, D.C. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
An uprooted tree block a street in the American University neighborhood of Washington, D.C. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
An uprooted tree block a street in the American University neighborhood of Washington, D.C. (Mandel Ngan/Getty Images)
A fallen tree is seen on top of a car in the American University neighborhood of Washington, D.C. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
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An uprooted tree caused damage to electrical lines and a home in the American University neighborhood of Washington, D.C. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/GettyImages)
Workers push over a tree that fell onto the 14th fairway following an overnight storm in the Washington area, at the AT&T National in Bethesda, Md. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
Storm-damaged trees litter the east lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
An uprooted tree blocks a street in the American University neighborhood of Washington, D.C. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
