The extreme heat will continue in large part of the plains of the south of New England, with more than 150 million people under heat alerts.
It is likely that record temperatures are on Tuesday throughout the northeast and Florida, where mercury could rise to those of the years less than 100. Hartford, Connecticut; Newark, New Jersey; Tampa and Orlando in Florida; And Philadelphia are some cities that could see maximum record.
Air quality alerts have also been issued from Rhode Island to Delaware.
“Be careful. Today is a day of alert of air quality, which means that the air is not healthy for sensitive groups,” said the New York City Administrative Services Department in a publication on Tuesday in X.
For Thursday, the heat will break for the west, the great lakes and the northeast. In the south, extreme temperatures are expected until the end of the week.
In other parts of the country, severe storms have been affecting much of the plains. On Monday, there were more than 200 storm reports and 16 wind reports of at least 75 mph in Dakotas and Iowa. Up to 4 million people run the risk of severe storms on Tuesday in the northern and central plains.
Storm systems are expected to transport harmful winds, hail and isolated tornadoes. The central plains and New Mexico are under a risk of flood because the storms produce rain rates of up to 2 inches per hour.
On Thursday, the middle Atlantic and the northeast could be at risk of sudden urban floods due to thunderstorms.
