More than 62 million Americans are under extreme heat warnings as of Tuesday, according to an update from National Weather Service (NWS), as high temperatures and humidity beset much of the eastern United States.
A tracking website maintained by the federal weather agency reports that 62.4 million people are subject the alerts, which include major municipalities such as New York City and its metropolitan area, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Nashville, and Milwaukee, as well as Des Moines, Iowa, and Providence, Rhode Island.
A broader swath of the eastern United States is under a heat advisory and extreme heat watch, according to an NWS map….Â
NWS Says Over 60 Million Under Extreme Heat Warnings in US
