CNN —Heat is intensifying for millions of people in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic Thursday, creating a “heat health emergency” as nearly half of the country bakes in dangerously high temperatures. Take precautions.”New York has also opened cooling centers as nearly 9 million residents across the nation’s largest city are under an excessive heat warning through 9 p.m. Friday. Those temperatures will feel even hotter for millions of New Yorkers in intense urban heat island hot spots. And high heat has already disrupted work on some major US oil refineries, one of several factors driving higher gas prices. Minnesota: The Twin Cities are under an excessive heat warning Thursday, when heat indices are expected to hit 105 degrees.

Source: CNN July 27, 2023 23:40 UTC