{"id":106385,"date":"2024-07-14T00:04:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T00:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/historic-heat-waves-leave-more-than-100-million-americans-under-heat-alerts\/"},"modified":"2024-07-14T00:04:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T00:04:31","slug":"historic-heat-waves-leave-more-than-100-million-americans-under-heat-alerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/historic-heat-waves-leave-more-than-100-million-americans-under-heat-alerts\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic heat waves leave more than 100 million Americans under heat alerts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(NEW YORK) — More than 100 million Americans are under heat alerts from coast-to-coast on Saturday. Record high temperatures are possible in Redding, California; Reno, Nevada; Denver, Colorado; and Grand Junction, Colorado.<\/p>\n

In the West, there is an extreme heat risk in the California Valley with temperatures up to 115 degrees as the long-duration heat wave continues.<\/p>\n

In the Midwest, Minneapolis will have a heat index of up to 98 degrees, Omaha up to 112 degrees and Kansas City up to 108.<\/p>\n

In the South, the heat index today will reach up to 112 degrees for New Orleans and 109 degrees in Mobile, Alabama.<\/p>\n

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In the Northeast, the hottest temps of the year so far are expected in the coming days, with heat alerts out from Sunday to Tuesday. New York City could reach a heat index up to 100 degrees, Philly up to 108 and parts of New Jersey up to 111.<\/p>\n

The heat will continue in the East for a few days with heat index values in the triple digits through Wednesday. Then a cold front sweeps through and brings a cool down for much of the country Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u00a0NYC will experience a heat wave with highs in the 90s Sunday through Wednesday, and heat indices around 100.<\/p>\n

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Las Vegas set a a new all time record high temperature at 120 degrees this week, surpassing the previous record of 117 degrees.<\/p>\n

The city also had seven consecutive days of temperatures above 115 degrees — four of those days were the hottest days on record to hit the city. On Saturday, Las Vegas has a forecast high of 111 degrees finally breaking the streak of temperatures above 115 degrees.<\/p>\n

Other cities that had recorded high temperatures on Friday include Denver which hit 201 degrees; Colorado Springs which hit 100 degrees; Salt Lake City, Utah, which hit 105; and Phoenix, Arizona, which hit 116.<\/p>\n

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