Heat-related emergency room visits are spiking in Texas, as forecasters warn the dangerously high temperatures will continue to expand into the Lower Mississippi Valley and Mid-South through Thursday.
State of play: Texas saw an average of 837 heat-related emergency department visits per 100,000 from June 18-24 amid ongoing triple-digit temperatures in the record heat wave that's now in its third week — up from 639 visits per 100,000 ER visits for the same period last year, per the CDC.
