The Threat Of Extreme Heat Now Hits The US

Jacksonville, Florida, USA/UNSPLASH/Lance Asper

TORONTO - The United States National Weather Service estimates that around 37 million people from the Northwest to the Southeast of the United States will face the threat of hot weather.

Extreme temperatures will continue to affect a region stretching from the Pacific Northwest to the deserts of the Southeast and Florida in the Southwest, according to a statement issued by the Weather Service.

The agency called on the 37 million people living in affected areas to protect themselves from high temperatures that can be life-threatening.

As reported by ANTARA from Anadolu, Wednesday, July 12, the weather agency also warned of a spike in heat-related illnesses due to extreme temperatures that would last until the end of the week.

Phoenix, the capital of the southwestern state of Arizona, which experienced temperatures above 43C for nine straight days last year, is expected to see that double this year.

The weather is expected to stay at around 45C through July 17 in Phoenix, while temperatures will reach 43C on July 16 in parts of Florida, one of the most populous states in the US.

The statement also said temperatures in El Paso, Texas, and the Gulf of Mexico in the southern US, had risen past 42C for the first time since 1951.

On July 6, the world's "hottest day in history", the global average temperature hit 17C.