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Sweltering heat wave frazzling much of the eastern United States with 90 million Americans under heat alerts nationwide

public safety officer sweats in heat

Important Takeaways:

  • Heat wave scorching eastern states with little relief from sweltering temps
  • Record-setting temperatures have already baked much of New England and parts of the Midwest, with little hope of relief into the weekend. Heat indexes — which factor in temperature and humidity — hit between 100 and 110 degrees in some places Thursday.
  • The temperature is forecast to rise in the mid-Atlantic, through the mid-90s Friday and perhaps into the 100s Saturday, with 64 million people still under heat alerts in the region and “record-tying or breaking temperatures possible”
  • Elsewhere, Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 51 Texas counties after the first named storm of the hurricane season, Alberto, made landfall in Mexico bringing heavy rain.
  • On the West Coast, some 26 million people were under heat alerts in California. And in New Mexico a pair of wildfires have forced thousands of people to evacuate, destroyed 1,400 structures and led to the deaths of at least two people.

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Intensifying heat wave in the final days of a record-smashing July around the world

Important Takeaways:

  • An intensifying heat wave descended on the eastern United States on Thursday, prompting warnings about the dangers presented by the sweltering heat and humidity in the final days of a record-smashing July around the world.
  • About half the population of the United States – are under heat watches and warnings, with temperatures and heat index values well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius) in the forecast until at least Saturday
  • “Even those who deny that we’re in the midst of a climate crisis can’t deny the impact extreme heat is having on Americans”
  • June 2023 was the hottest on record in the United States, dating back to 1850.
  • Extreme heat is the top cause of weather-related deaths in the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which shows that 436 workers have died due to hot conditions since 2011.

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