Triple-digit temperatures prompted more heat advisories across much of the southern U.S. on Sunday
prompted more heat advisories across much of the southern U.S. on Sunday, triggered severe thunderstorms that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people from Oklahoma to Mississippi and produced gusty winds that raised wildfire threats in Arizona and New Mexico.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency for north and central Louisiana after strong winds and severe weather caused widespread power outages on Saturday.
“These conditions will cause increased risk of heat illness for people outdoors or in non-air conditioned spaces,” the weather service said in a bulletin. Winds were forecast to gust from 30 mph to 40 mph on Sunday east of Flagstaff, Arizona along the Interstate 40 corridor and up to 50 mph on Monday, creating potentially critical fire weather across much of northeast New Mexico.
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