A South Carolina woman died from heat exhaustion Wednesday, marking Anderson County’s first heat-related fatality this year.
The woman was reportedly outside, watering her garden in extreme temperatures before her sudden death.
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The 56-year-old’s cause of death was ruled hyperthermia due to heat exposure. Her manner of death was accidental.
The National Weather Service said that high temperatures in Anderson on Wednesday reached 109 degrees in the afternoon.
