Across six states on Saturday, 15 million Americans will be under heat alerts from Miami to Phoenix to Washington State. In the Southeast, the heat index will be brutal this weekend with highs feeling like the 100s from Florida to Texas. An Excessive Heat Watch is in effect in anticipation for the extreme heat wave which will significantly increase the chance for heat related illness. MORE: Earth reaches hottest day ever recorded 4 days in a rowSaturday's severe weather threat is for 11 million Americans and stretches from Denver to Oklahoma City to Nashville. On Sunday, the threat of severe weather could impact 36 million Americans, stretching across much of the South and mid-Atlantic from Little Rock, Arkansas, to Savannah, Georgia, to Washington, D.C.15 million Americans across 6 states under heat alerts this weekend originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News July 08, 2023 16:33 UTC