Los Angeles, Aug 30 (IANS) The scorching heat this week has led to record high temperatures in the US Midwestern states, prompting the US National Weather Service to issue an alert for over 60 million people.
Cities in Midwestern regions such as Chicago, Des Moines and Topeka are facing extreme heat, news agency Xinhua quoted the US National Weather Service (NWS) as saying.
The US National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a warning to people about the dangers associated with heat and humidity due to this scorching heat.
At the same time, the midwestern states of America have also set up many public cooling centers in preparation for the dangerous heat.
Extreme heat and humidity are the leading causes of weather-related deaths in the United States. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1,220 people die from extreme heat each year in the country.
Last year in the same month, 147 people died in the US states of Arizona, Nevada and Texas due to severe heat in large parts of the country.
According to CNN report, these three states were most affected by the scorching heat last year too.
Several heat-related deaths were also reported in California, parts of the South, and the Midwest.
At least 39 heat-related deaths were officially reported in Maricopa County.
Temperatures rose to record-breaking levels in late June and continued to rise across much of the South and Southwest through July, CNN reported at the time.
Phoenix had the hottest month of any US city in 2023, with 31 consecutive days of 43 °C or higher from June to July.
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