(AP) - Scorching heat gripped the eastern third of the country Monday, continuing a hot spell that has been blamed for at least 24 deaths, including an elderly Illinois woman found inside her 102-degree home. Forecasts say there's no immediate relief in sight. Heat advisories were posted Monday from Kansas eastward through the Ohio Valley, and over parts of the Southeast. temperatures throughout the region hit the 90s and reached triple digits with the heat index. The weather was blamed on eight deaths in Cincinnati over the weekend, 11 deaths in Illinois in the past week and five in Missouri. In West Peoria, Ill., a neighbor found the body of 82-year-old Helen Lane on Saturday. All the windows in her home were closed and her air conditioner had broken; the temperature inside was 102.

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