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With the Social Security Trust Fund already running low, Congress will need to address the program’s funding shortfall as they implement the Social Security Fairness Act.

In cities, medical personnel ran low on cooling supplies, so they resorted to filling body bags meant for cadavers with ice, then zipping unconscious victims of heatstroke inside.

Rescuers say medical supplies are running low as health workers struggle to treat large numbers of people with injuries from bombardments.

Roads and rail lines were blocked across the UK, and day-time blackouts were introduced with coal running low.

Her sister in Damascus told her that shops are closing, supplies are running low and ATMs are out of cash, she said.