Sweltering temperatures lingered Sunday in a large swath of the central U.S., causing misery from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes.
The heat wave causing misery this weekend is just the latest to punish the U.S. this year.
The National Weather Service set an excessive heat warning Sunday for parts of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska. Heat advisories or watches were also in place in parts of Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota.
The temperature reached a record high of 40 C for the day Saturday in Jackson, Miss., as people walked between indoor and outdoor events at the Mississippi Book Festival. Volunteers distributed chilled water and people used handheld fans while chatting with authors and shopping for books at large tents outside the state Capitol building.
Much of Iowa is expected to see high temperatures in the upper 30s Sunday and Monday, followed by three days where the reading will likely top 37.8 C.Article content
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