Weather & Science
Quarter of US Population Faces Extreme Heat This Week
- Extreme temperatures will stretch from California to Florida
- Soaring heat will tax electric grids and raise health problems
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Nearly 25% of the US population is facing high, wilting temperatures that show no sign of abating anytime soon, taxing power grids and raising health risks.
From California to Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas about 46 million people are under excessive heat warnings while another 36 million are under the less severe, but very uncomfortable, heat advisories stretching as far north as Missouri and east to Florida, the National Weather Service said.