Texas heat wave forecast to worsen, likely putting 40 million people under alerts

[Eugene]

Texas heat wave forecast to worsen, likely putting 40 million people under alerts (Yahoo! News)

The brutal heat wave punishing Texas is expected to worsen and expand in the coming days, according to forecasting models, before extending its reach to other states.

"The never-ending and dangerous heat wave in Texas will persist through the weekend into next week," the National Weather Service said on its website Friday. "Severe thunderstorms are likely across much of the High Plains the next day or two before moving into the Midwest over the weekend."'

https://news.yahoo.com/texas-heat-wave-forecast-to-worsen-likely-putting-40-million-people-under-alerts-180158991.html

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[Kid Berwyn]

1. Home of Big Carbon

Big oil. Big gas. Big climate deniers.

[LiberalFighter]

2. Make sure that Magas are told they need to stay inside and not drink too much.

[roamer65]

3. Northern Mexico is cooking as well.

Ciudad Juarez, Monterrey, etc.

Life at 523 ppm CO2e.

[2naSalit]

4. Too hot...

To even think!

[bucolic_frolic]

5. I recall the bumper stickers, "Drive 90, Freeze a Yankee" ...

so Waste Electric, Boil a Texan!

[Bluethroughu]

6. Didn't Texas just repeal water breaks for construction workers?

Deadly.

[apnu]

7. Its a pity Pat Robertson isn't here to blame gays for natural disasters.

Who will fill that important role?

[Javaman]

8. it's a chilly 97 right now in Austin with an index of 105

pfft! just another sweltering sticky day.