The “dangerous” heat affecting large parts of the country is expected to stick around through the weekend and beyond, the National Weather Service said Saturday.
Around 113 million people — or roughly one-third of the U.S. population — were under excessive heat warnings or heat advisories as of Friday evening, NWS officials said. And the situation is expected to linger into early next week.
“This weekend, the sweltering and dangerous heat will remain in the forecast, especially across much of the West,” NWS said in a tweet, urging the population to “practice heat safety.”
