100-degree Temps Scorch Large Swaths Of U.s.; Over 150 Million People Under Heat Alerts

Extreme power will proceed crossed overmuch of nan confederate Plains to New England, pinch much than 150 cardinal group nether power alerts.

Record precocious temperatures are apt connected Tuesday crossed nan Northeast and Florida, wherever temperatures could climb to nan low-100s. Hartford, Connecticut; Newark, New Jersey; Tampa and Orlando successful Florida; and Philadelphia are immoderate cities that could spot grounds highs.

Air Quality alerts person besides been issued from Rhode Island to Delaware.

"Be careful. Today is an aerial value alert time meaning nan aerial is unhealthy for delicate groups," nan New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services said successful a post Tuesday connected X.

By Thursday, nan power will break for nan Midwest, Great Lakes and Northeast. In nan South, utmost temperatures are expected done nan extremity of nan week.

Elsewhere successful nan country, terrible storms person been impacting overmuch of nan Plains. On Monday, location were complete 200 large wind reports and 16 upwind reports of astatine slightest 75 mph crossed nan Dakotas and Iowa. Four cardinal group are astatine consequence of terrible storms connected Tuesday crossed nan bluish and cardinal Plains.

The large wind systems are expected to transportation damaging winds, hail and isolated tornadoes. The Central Plains and New Mexico are nether a flood consequence owed to nan storms producing rainfall rates of up to 2 inches an hour.

On Thursday, nan mid-Atlantic and Northeast could beryllium astatine consequence for municipality flash flooding owed to thunderstorms.