Nearly half U.S. population facing extreme heat
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: 141 million people are under advisories or warnings, NOAA spokesman tweets
- NEW: National Weather Service says 13 deaths are "potentially" due to heat in Midwest
- NEW: A cold front moving in will bring relief, the weather service says
- Watches, warnings, and advisories cover more than 30 states
(CNN) -- The dangerous heat wave blamed for as many as 13 deaths spread into the eastern United States on Wednesday, extending its reach across nearly half the U.S. population, officials said.
About 141 million people in a 1 million-square-mile area were under heat advisories and warnings, Justin Kenney, spokesman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, tweeted.
The National Weather Service said "temperatures in the mid-90s will be possible across the mid-Atlantic states today. High temperatures will near 100 degrees tomorrow across much of the mid-Atlantic and parts of the Southeast. These triple-digit temperatures are forecast to remain in place across the eastern U.S. through Saturday before cooling off slightly to the mid-90s by Sunday."
While it is unclear how many deaths will ultimately be blamed on the heat, the National Weather Service said 13 fatalities were "potentially related to the heat wave in the Midwest."
For parts of the country that have already been scorched, some relief was forecast to arrive later Wednesday, the weather service said. A cold front moving across Montana Wednesday morning "will significantly drop temperatures across the north central U.S. for the rest of the week, though locations across the central and southern Plains and parts of the Midwest will not see much change from the extended period of heat."
But in the East, some of the worst temperatures were just setting in.
Excessive heat watches, warnings and heat advisories were in effect in more than 30 states Wednesday morning, in what the weather service described as "a large portion of the central U.S. and Ohio River Valley, as well as portions of the mid-Atlantic and northeastern states. Temperatures will feel like 100 to 110 degrees or higher during the afternoon hours."
Thanks to the source information from: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/20/heat
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: 141 million people are under advisories or warnings, NOAA spokesman tweets
- NEW: National Weather Service says 13 deaths are "potentially" due to heat in Midwest
- NEW: A cold front moving in will bring relief, the weather service says
- Watches, warnings, and advisories cover more than 30 states
(CNN) -- The dangerous heat wave blamed for as many as 13 deaths spread into the eastern United States on Wednesday, extending its reach across nearly half the U.S. population, officials said.
About 141 million people in a 1 million-square-mile area were under heat advisories and warnings, Justin Kenney, spokesman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, tweeted.
The National Weather Service said "temperatures in the mid-90s will be possible across the mid-Atlantic states today. High temperatures will near 100 degrees tomorrow across much of the mid-Atlantic and parts of the Southeast. These triple-digit temperatures are forecast to remain in place across the eastern U.S. through Saturday before cooling off slightly to the mid-90s by Sunday."
While it is unclear how many deaths will ultimately be blamed on the heat, the National Weather Service said 13 fatalities were "potentially related to the heat wave in the Midwest."
For parts of the country that have already been scorched, some relief was forecast to arrive later Wednesday, the weather service said. A cold front moving across Montana Wednesday morning "will significantly drop temperatures across the north central U.S. for the rest of the week, though locations across the central and southern Plains and parts of the Midwest will not see much change from the extended period of heat."
But in the East, some of the worst temperatures were just setting in.
Excessive heat watches, warnings and heat advisories were in effect in more than 30 states Wednesday morning, in what the weather service described as "a large portion of the central U.S. and Ohio River Valley, as well as portions of the mid-Atlantic and northeastern states. Temperatures will feel like 100 to 110 degrees or higher during the afternoon hours."
Thanks to the source information from: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/20/heat
