Scorching heat affecting nearly 100 million people across a huge swath of the U.S. is sending schools, outdoor workers and organizers of open-air events scrambling to adjust
Heat waves rise off the road as a cyclist makes his way through Water Works Park, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. OMAHA, Neb. — — Scorching heat affecting nearly 100 million people across a huge swath of the U.S. sent schools, outdoor workers and organizers of open-air events scrambling to adjust Tuesday — and claimed the life of a 1-year-old girl left in a Nebraska day care center’s van on one of the hottest days of the year.
A bond hearing for Williams was set for Wednesday morning. Online court records didn’t yet list an attorney who could comment on his behalf, and a phone listing was disconnected. The high temperatures in some states, including Nebraska, Iowa and parts of South Dakota, Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, are expected to be as much as 20 degrees above average. Higher overnight temperatures and high humidity are expected to compound the effects of the heat, which the weather service said would stick around through Thursday and possibly into Friday.
Schools in the suburbs of Chicago delayed the start of classes to Friday or shifted to online learning and early release times. Chicago Public Schools — among the country’s largest districts, with more than 340,000 students — did not announce alterations to its schedule. That drew concern from some parents about the conditions kids and teachers face this week, noting past issues in specific buildings with window air conditioners.
The Midwest heat is a taste of what areas in the Southwest have borne this summer. Metro Phoenix, which has recorded some of the hottest weather in the U.S. this summer, in recent days has enjoyed unseasonably lower temperatures of around or under 100 after sweltering through most of July with highs at or above 110 . Thanks to the cloud cover, the high temperature Monday at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport reached only 91 .
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