The US high -temperature dome brings extreme hot weather, and over 240 million people will be at high temperature next week

Jimu News reporter Zhang Yang

On June 18, local time, more than 25 million people in more than ten states in the United States were under high -temperature alarm, from the northern plain to the southeast, and the temperature remained above 32.2 ° C.

According to CNN, the high -temperature dome currently above the plains above the United States will move east to the central and western and southern parts. Affected by this, the high -temperature records in these regions may be refreshed again next week.

US high temperature dome (picture source: CNN)

It is predicted that although the highest temperature of San Louis this Saturday is 29 ° C, the maximum temperature will jump to 38 ° C next Tuesday. The maximum temperature of Chicago may not even reach 21 ° C, but by next Monday, the highest temperature will soar to 35 ° C. North Carolina will rise from 28 ° C to more than 38 ° C by Wednesday.

In short, in the next 7 days, more than 240 million people in the United States will be in high temperature weather at 32 ° C or above. It is expected that next week, dozens of cities may break the minimum temperature record in hot weather. Moreover, the night in some areas will be as hot as daytime.

Meteorologist Jane Weirian from the National Meteorological Administration Las Vegas office said: "After experiencing high temperature during the day, your body needs to cool down at night, but when the temperature at night is very high, you The body cannot cool down normally, which will cause a lot of complications. "He also added that if the temperature has not been less than 29 ° C, a person may be overnight, and you lose up to 2 liters of water due to sweating.

In the United States, the number of deaths related to weather is high temperature. Therefore, the National Meteorological Administration of Meteorological recommends providing guidance to the public about high temperature -related diseases, including spasm, fatigue, heat stroke, and complications that may cause death, which helps protect the public at extreme temperatures, especially those vulnerable groups.

In addition, the high temperature dome that brings this hot weather also brings storms. Earlier this week, tens of thousands of people were powered off due to storms. Earlier on Saturday, at least a dozen states from Wisconsin to George Asia, more than 320,000 users broke power. In North Carolina and Virginia, more than 150,000 users have been powered off.

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