“Everyone complains that they have not seen this before this hot”: the center and east of the United States suffers through “dangerous and length” heat “

The high temperature was broken at Tampa International Airport on Sunday when the thermometer reached 100 ° F (37.8 ° C). The previous record was 99 F (37.2 C) in June 2020.

The National Weather Service said on Tuesday that the long heat is expected to reach its peak in the southeast in the middle of the week. The strong Alawite edge also generated a “dangerous and long” thermal wave in the central and eastern sections of the country. The heat warning was valid until Wednesday night in New Jersey provinces outside New York City, and mercury was hit 97 Fahrenheit (36 ° C) in Manhattan.

There is no relief in the shade

In Savana, Georgia, Darius Kerd’s landscape took a break on Tuesday in his work car after spent the morning in the morning, trimming the bushes and blowing the leaves in Forseth Park in the coastal city center area.

He said: “He filled it with ice at seven this morning, all of which melted by 10:30.”

An umbrella of live oak trees in a large part of the garden was a little rest.

“The atmosphere is hot even when you work in the shade,” said Kerd, who was wearing a large -edge hat to protect his face and neck.

The national weather service expected that the temperatures in the savannah will reach 97 Fahrenheit (36 ° C) on Tuesday, with the existence of the heat index values – which resemble the temperature – approaching the grill 110 f (43 C).

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The thermal wave was expected to record the records throughout Florida on Tuesday, when the heat index values in the Bay Tamba area would range from 113 to 118 Fahrenheit (45 to 47.7 ° C).

“We have very hot warnings in Georgia, to the bottom across North Florida, which will also include places such as the areas of Tampa and Orlando metro,” said Peter Mullenax, the meteorologist at the national weather service. “Today we will see more temperature opportunities near 100 again.”

However, the rain in the expectations on Wednesday, which is likely to cool down a little.

Meteorological specialist said that the severe warnings issued in the country center from New Orleans to St. Lewis. The value of the heat index on Tuesday was expected to reach 110 Fahrenheit around the Saint Lewis area and in the southwest of Illinois.

The heat “a lot”

In the center of Safana, the scattered tourists traveled along the sidewalks despite the heat. Carry a few umbrellas to preserve the sun in the Gulf.

A bloc, Luis Hernandez was working in a sun directly on the ladder of the second floor window in a nineteenth -century house. He was wearing long sleeves to protect from sunburn.

Hernandez said that a co -worker confirmed that he and his colleagues at home had a cold filled with drinking water. Almost every two hours, they went inside to take a break in air conditioning.

“Certainly, the atmosphere is hot,” Hernandez said – “More than necessary.”

With the rise in temperatures on Tuesday afternoon in Talhaasi, Willie Jeans and his workers took a break from the white traffic lines on the newly paved road near the neighborhood of all saints. When they sat in the shades of the tree, the heat shines off the black. The air was thick with fresh asphalt fumes.

“Everyone complains that they have never seen it,” Jeans said.

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Journalists at Associated Press Kate Payne in Talhaasi, Florida and Mike Heimbin in College Park, Maryland, contributed to this report.