Heat wave forecast: Dangerous temps to continue into July 4 holiday
News
At least 13,000 Americans have died from the heat since 2018.
A dangerous heat wave is bringing prolonged extreme heat to more than two dozen states across the Midwest, the South and the East Coast.
The heat wave began in the Midwest on Monday and has since spread east, where it’s set to last into the Fourth of July weekend.
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With holiday travel in full effect, Amtrak canceled over a dozen trains in the Northeast Thursday due to the heat.
On Thursday, the heat index — what temperature it feels like with humidity — is expected to hit a scorching 111 degrees in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., 106 in Boston, 102 in Chicago, 108 in Detroit, and 110 in Nashville, Tennessee.
New York City’s heat index is forecast to reach 110 degrees, which has only happened three times in the last 80 years.
Analysis
The city has activated its heat emergency plan and is opening hundreds of cooling centers.
“I’m also asking every employer to plan ahead with their teams, build in flexibility, and make sure that no one is put at risk during their jobs this week,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
On Friday, the heat index is forecast to hit 108 degrees in New York, 105 in Boston, 112 in Washington, D.C., and 111 in Memphis, Tennessee.
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