Nearly 50 million across Southern US bake under heat alerts while the Northeast, West feel relief from heat
Heat alerts remain in effect for nearly 50 million Americans from the southern Plains to the Southeast as forecast high and “feels-like" temperatures reach the triple digits.
Record heat hangs-on in the South
Seven cities broke daily record highs on Monday. How much longer will the heat last. Meteorologist Steve Bender takes us through the forecast.
Relief from extreme temperatures has filtered into Northeast and New England after a cold front swept south, but hot weather will remain across the southern U.S. for at least the next several days.
According to the FOX Forecast Center, an area of high pressure that had been centered over the Southwest and south-central U.S. is shifting eastward as we get into the middle of the week, allowing temperatures in the Desert Southwest to finally ease and return to normal. The dangerous area is shrinking, but Texas and Louisiana could still break heat records on Tuesday.
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 27: A citizen with a child cools off in a fountain at a park amid extreme heat on July 27, 2023 in New York City.
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Heat alerts remain across the South, Southern Plains
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Heat alerts remain in effect for nearly 50 million Americans across the southern Plains and the South as forecast high and "feels-like" temperatures reach the triple digits through Tuesday.
Heat alerts are in effect for Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas through Tuesday.
Scorching South
High temperatures and heat index for Tuesday.
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We've started the new workweek, but there’s nothing new about the temperatures in the South. Heat and humidity will make it feel extremely uncomfortable, with over 41 million people expecting high temperatures above 100 degrees across Texas and into portions of Oklahoma and along the Gulf Coast on Tuesday.
The feels-like temperatures will also be well above 100 degrees, and some areas will feel like they are closing in on 110 degrees, like in Dallas and New Orleans.
There is no relief for the same areas on Wednesday.
Wednesday's highs and heat index.
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Cold front ushered in severe weather, cool temperatures in the Northeast
Tens of millions of people in the Northeast and New England are enjoying some much-needed relief from the heat and humidity.
A cold front swept across the region on Saturday, leading to powerful storms from New England to the mid-Atlantic.
NORTHEAST, NEW ENGLAND GETS MUCH-NEEDED RELIEF FROM SUMMER SCORCHER
Most of the West and northern half of the nation will be spared intense heat this week. The South keeps up the heat though.
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Cooler air brought violent storms
DC rocked by severe storms with hurricane-force winds
Winds gusting to at least 80 mph knocked over trees and caused problems across the nation's capital on Saturday.
Severe thunderstorms packing wind gusts up to 80 mph were reported in the Washington D.C. area Saturday, and power was knocked out to more than 250,000 utility customers across the region.
Some injuries were also reported, and authorities in Virginia are investigating the death of a person in Prince William County after a tree fell onto a home. Police said in a Facebook post that the death is "possibly related to storms."