Will what’s happening in Vegas stay in Vegas?
Las Vegas and Death Valley, California, remained under excessive heat warnings through Saturday while some parts of the Western U.S. finally got a reprieve from deadly, record-breaking temperatures — but other parts of the country are baking, too, as warmer temps slowly make their way east.
Heat advisories are in effect for western Texas and historic heat is in store for Florida, which is bracing for several sizzling days ahead.
While the rest of the country swelters, however, the East Coast is in the clear, with temperatures in the low-to-high 70s for the beginning of the week, gradually creeping up toward 90 by next weekend.
The National Weather Service warned of “dangerously hot conditions” of up to 110 in Last Vegas through Saturday, while the mercury could reach 118 near Death Valley.
A high of 122 degrees in Death Valley on Thursday broke a daily record set in 1996.
Parts of Vegas saw back-to-back days of over 110 degrees Thursday and Friday, the earliest time of year Sin City has seen such scorching temperatures, which are typically seen during the height of the summer.
A record also toppled in Phoenix on Thursday, with a high of 113 degrees, and in Fresno, California, the thermometer reached 114 degrees — 1 degree short of the record.
Some records could still be shattered in parts of Oregon, Washington and Idaho over the weekend, according to reports.
More than 16 million people were under heat advisory last week and several died or were hospitalized as a result.
At least six people believed to be migrants died because of the heat in the past week along the US-Mexico border, according to reports, and others were treated for heat-related illnesses.
A 59-year-old man also died of heat-related complications in Maryland, officials said Wednesday.
In Napa County, four firefighters were injured due to rough terrain and “hot summer conditions,” according to CAL Fire’s Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit.
Eleven people were hospitalized in Phoenix on Thursday when they fell ill while attending a rally for presidential candidate Donald Trump.
The presumed Republican nominee is holding another event Sunday in Las Vegas, where the high is expected to reach 104 degrees.
Meanwhile, Florida is in for another three days of potentially record heat, said Fox Weather meteorologist Cody Braud.
Sunday is expected to reach triple-digits near Jacksonville.
“That’s really where the focus on the heat is shifting to,” said Braud.
Cities across Central Florida and South Florida, including Orlando, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Fort Myers, Fort Lauderdale and Miami, just saw their hottest May on record, according to Fox Weather.
With Post wires
