Elevated temperatures raise the risk of heat-related power outages.
NEW YORK - On the first weekend of summer, a brutal heat wave took hold for a sixth consecutive day, continuing to scorch large swaths of the United States.
Nearby Dulles, Virginia, saw temperatures of 37.7 deg C, which broke the daily record of 37.2 deg C, also in 1988. Temperatures across portions of the Midwest and Ohio Valley climbed as well, while heat continued to build in the Southern Plains and the West. In New York City, officials and utility providers are bracing the city for the lingering heat, which is expected to reach a heat index of 39.4 deg C between June 22 and 23. Already, the city has recorded temperatures it hasn’t seen in almost two years, with Central Park hitting 34.4 deg C on June 21.
Still, hazardous conditions remain. In Manhattan and cities including Indianapolis and Cincinnati, residents faced the highest level of health risk from the heat, according to a gauge by the National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Their measurement, called HeatRisk, rates the danger in an area on a scale from zero to four based on factors that include the duration of the heat and how unusual it is for this time of year.
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