Tyler Beffa, 17, of St. Louis, takes a water break as he works with a volunteer group repairing a home damaged during a May flood on Friday, July 30, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) 

Steamy humidity blankets parts of South

Heat advisories were posted from the Carolinas to the Great Plains as the South continued to roast Friday under temperatures and humidity that made beaches feel more like bakeries.

    A woman sits outside her house flooded by heavy monsoon rains in Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday, July 30, 2010. Boats and helicopters struggled to reach hundreds of thousands of villagers cut off by floods in northwest Pakistan on Friday as the government 

    More than 800 dead in Pakistan floods

    A regional minister says the death toll in floods that have lashed Pakistan has risen above 800.

      This photo taken July 24, 2010 provided by the NOAA National Weather Service shows a hailstone that was found by a ranch hand in Vivian, S.D., on June 23, 2010. (AP Photo/National Weather Service) 

      Giant SD hailstone breaks US records

      The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says a giant hailstone that fell in central South Dakota has broken U.S. records, even though the man who found it says it melted somewhat while waiting to be evaluated.

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