How residents can cool off from all-day hot temperatures [Video]

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — It has gotten to the point where it can stay close to 90 degrees all night long, and that’s prompting officials to be on alert for heat emergencies 24 hours a day.

It has been nearly one year since an elderly couple in Beeville was tragically found dead in their home. Police believe the deaths were heat-related.

When the bodies of 67-year-old Maria Vasquez and 80-year-old Jose Vasquez were found, police say the temperature was 120 degrees inside. 

3NEWS talked with Beeville and Corpus Christi officials about the early summer-like temperatures and how people can find relief.

“We try to do a couple of things,” Pastor Adrienne Zermeno said. “One of the things we do is we open our doors in the mornings, 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Thursday and we provide bottles of water, a cool bottle of water. …