An intense and long-duration heat wave kicks into high gear Friday, with 150M people set to experience temperatures hotter than 90 degrees over the next week, and 50M of those forecast to experience temperatures over 100 degrees.
Download the“If people are trying to get out of 90-degree temperatures, they're going to be hard pressed to do it. Even in the shade, you'll probably be looking at high temperatures well over 100, and these are the kinds of situations that can relate to the stack-up of heat-related calls and visits to the hospital," Boucher said.
The monthly heat records are especially notable. Death Valley, California is forecast to get above 125 degrees Sunday-Tuesday which will be the hottest temperatures on record so late in the season. This heat will be exceptionally dangerous for the more vulnerable populations, especially in cities, where the urban heat island effect — where a city's temperature is much warmer than rural areas nearby — combined with less access to air conditioning will amplify the risk for heat illness.
"The question we often get is, ‘you know, it’s summer. Why are we worried about it being hot? This is normal.’ Well, this type of heat, this magnitude of heat for this long is not normal,” Boucher said.
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