Severe heat forecast: Where scorching temperatures will persist over the next week
An unrelenting heat dome is continuing to hover over the western United States, prompting heat alerts for tens of millions of residents. An unrelenting heat dome continues to hover over the western United States this weekend, prompting heat alerts for tens of millions of residents. Heat advisories and warnings were issued for 40 million Americans across 10 states on Sunday, with the highest temperatures concentrated in places like California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah. Men sit in the shade amid extreme heat, July 19, 2023, in Calexico, Calif. Gregory Bull/AP Excessive heat warnings are currently in effect for cities like Las Vegas; Salt Lake City; Fresno, California; and Tucson, Arizona, where record stretches of dangerous temperatures are expected to continue for several days. While heat alerts have been lifted in much of the Southeast, some remain in southeastern Texas and South Florida. It will still be hot elsewhere in the Southeast. MORE: 'Strikingly warm' ocean heat wave...