The sprawling heat dome set scores of records Thursday, including in Sacramento, Phoenix and Las Vegas.
Sofia Ramirez, left, of Mexico drinks water as she waits in line to take a photo at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign in Las Vegas Thursday. After breaking numerous records in the western United States on Thursday, the season’s first major heat wave was continuing Friday, scorching cities from Texas to California. The hazardous heat should gradually ease this weekend but persist in portions of Texas and Oklahoma.
More than 25 million people from California’s Central Valley to Texas remained under heat alerts on Friday.
Temperatures in Tucson should climb to near 105 on Friday and Saturday before slightly cooler highs near 100 Sunday and Monday, then warming to near 105 again Tuesday and Wednesday.Death Valley was forecast to reach 121 on Friday and 118 on Saturday, short of the record high of 123 for both days, after setting a calendar-day record with a high of 122 on Thursday.
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