Richard Doolittle
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Heat kills cattle in South Dakota
Associated Press
Published Tuesday, July 24, 2007
LANGFORD, S.D. - Heat killed cattle in the Langford area on Monday, and fire departments and others were called out to drench cattle with water.
Langford firefighters responded to two requests for water to cool off cattle, said Langford Fire Chief Monte Likness. About 100 head of cattle died in one feedlot and 30 to 50 in the other, he said.
Likness said he heard unconfirmed reports that fire departments from other towns were also called out to spray cattle.
Neighbors and South Dakota Wheat Growers also helped out at the feedlots in the Langford area, Likness said.
"Anybody with anything that would hold water," he said.
The temperature at Aberdeen reached 97 Monday, with a heat index of 106.
The high temperature in the state Monday was 108 at Philip. Mobridge and Faith both reached 107, while Buffalo, Pierre and Rapid City had a high of 106.
Associated Press
Published Tuesday, July 24, 2007
LANGFORD, S.D. - Heat killed cattle in the Langford area on Monday, and fire departments and others were called out to drench cattle with water.
Langford firefighters responded to two requests for water to cool off cattle, said Langford Fire Chief Monte Likness. About 100 head of cattle died in one feedlot and 30 to 50 in the other, he said.
Likness said he heard unconfirmed reports that fire departments from other towns were also called out to spray cattle.
Neighbors and South Dakota Wheat Growers also helped out at the feedlots in the Langford area, Likness said.
"Anybody with anything that would hold water," he said.
The temperature at Aberdeen reached 97 Monday, with a heat index of 106.
The high temperature in the state Monday was 108 at Philip. Mobridge and Faith both reached 107, while Buffalo, Pierre and Rapid City had a high of 106.