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Heat wave bakes large part of US

Updated: 2011-06-10 11:02

(Agencies)

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Heat wave bakes large part of US
A man carries bags of melting ice down a sidewalk in New York City June 9, 2011. Temperatures soared in New York on Thursday as a heat wave gripped the northeast US. [Photo/Agencies]

Heat wave bakes large part of US
A man catches some sun along Manhattan's East River on a day that temperatures soared in New York June 9, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

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