Washington, June 19 (FN Agency) Over 25 million people in over a dozen states from northern Plains to the Southeast in the US are under heat alerts since Saturday. According to CNN, the temperatures will be in the upper 90s, with heat index levels well into the triple digits. The heat wave comes after another record-breaking heat wave last week, which affected several of the same regions. It is predicted that temperatures will reach triple digits by the end of weekend in regions from Lincoln in Nebraska to Fargo in North Dakota.
Meanwhile, the heat wave over the Northern Plains will be 20 to 25 degrees above normal. CNN reported that the heat dome currently situated over the northern Plains will move eastward to the Midwest and South, setting up another record-breaking week, and cutting short the reprieve from the heat many of these states will get the next few days. The high temperature in St. Louis will jump to 100 degrees by Tuesday. Chicago’s high temperature will reach 95 degrees. Raleigh, North Carolina, is predicted to have 100 degrees by Wednesday.