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The National Weather Service forecasts highs between 95 and 100 before temperatures level off. What one doctor recommends for staying safe outdoors
From Texas to New England, millions of Americans are facing dangerously hot temperatures that have led the National Weather Service to issue heat advisories and extreme heat warnings this week.
Most of Ohio is under a heat advisory with temperatures that will feel 100-plus. Here's the difference between a heat advisory, heat watch and heat warning.
A heat advisory will be in effect Friday. While thunderstorms will cool things down for the weekend, the extreme heat will return early next week.
The National Weather Service office in Mobile, Alabama, issued a heat advisory in Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday. Heat index values are forecast to reach as high as 109℉ in portions of south central and southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi.
The National Weather Service is warning South Carolina residents to stay cool following a predicted heat index of 109 °F on Saturday, with hot temperatures continuing into next week.
The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory at 1:41 p.m. on Wednesday valid for Friday between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. for Salem, Cumberland, Atlantic and Cape May counties.
A heat advisory was released by the National Weather Service on Monday at 12:23 a.m. valid between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. for Geneva and Houston counties.