The heat in South Carolina prompted one coastal city to order that horse-drawn carriage companies keep the animals in their stables. Charleston spokesman Jack O'Toole said the city ordered horses off the streets Wednesday afternoon, the first time in 2017 that tours have been halted by the heat. Tom Doyle with Palmetto Carriage Works said the city pulled the horses off the street too quickly. "The city shut the carriage operations down before there were the mandated four readings of 95 degrees 15 minutes apart," Doyle said in an email. Last July, Charleston had 18 days with temperatures of 95 degrees or more.

Source: Fox News July 06, 2017 12:22 UTC