A dangerous heat wave has sent temperatures soaring across more than a dozen states, and the 100-degree temperatures aren't even the worst of it.
A dangerous heat wave has sent temperatures soaring across more than a dozen states, and the 100-degree temperatures aren't even the worst of it. The humidity will make it feel like 115 some places.
The southern Plains, lower Mississippi Valley and the Southeast will continue to bake this week and see temperatures in the upper 90s and low-100-degree range. "It feels like hell is what it feels like," Junae Brooks, who runs Junae's Grocery in Holly Bluff, Mississippi, told the Associated Press.Heat advisories and excessive heat warnings covered a swath of the nation from central Texas and southern Oklahoma and into parts of Georgia on Monday night, according to the National Weather Service.
More than 50 million people were under heat advisories early Tuesday, and another 16 million were under excessive heat warnings, including in parts of southeastern California and southern Arizona, according toIn Dallas, which is expected to record its fifth consecutive triple-digit day with a high of 103 on Tuesday, utility companies haveTuesday afternoon, NBC Dallas-Fort Worth reported. Houston is also bracing for a 100-degree day.
Little Rock, Arkansas, has forecast highs of 98 degrees for Tuesday and 91 degrees through Friday, and is under an excessive heat warning through 8 p.m. Tuesday. Heat indices — what the temperature will feel like with humidity factored in — could reach 115 degrees in the region,
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