Extreme heat continued to impact vast areas of the U.S., with the West and parts of the East Coast experiencing dangerously high temperatures this weekend. Over 132 million people were under heat warnings as of Saturday evening, according to Heat.gov. The National Weather Service warned that these conditions could be extremely dangerous and potentially deadly if not taken seriously.
The West Coast saw record-breaking temperatures on Saturday, with northwest and west central Oregon, including Portland, forecasted to stay between 100 to 105 degrees through Tuesday night. Medford, Oregon, hit 112 degrees, breaking its previous high of 104 set in 1922. Similar records were set or tied in Arizona, California, and Nevada, with Kingman, Arizona, reaching 109 degrees and Death Valley, California, hitting 128 degrees.
On the East Coast, heat advisories stretched from upstate New York to south Florida. Cities like Philadelphia and Trenton were under excessive heat warnings, with heat indexes reaching 106 degrees. Baltimore and Washington, D.C., faced heat indexes of up to 110 degrees. In the southern states, heat indexes exceeded 100 degrees, with parts of southeast Alabama, Florida’s Panhandle, and south Georgia expected to see heat indexes of 111 degrees.
