THE TAKEAWAY
- There is a 95% chance temperatures drop to 82 degrees in Miami.
- Over 40 million Americans face this extreme heat risk with over 70 million under heat alerts.
- Heat index values could reach as high as 115 degrees in some areas, prompting the activation of heat alerts all week long.
MIAMI – The summer heat is making an unbearable return to the SoutheastU.S., as millions of Americans continue to see record-setting temperatures this week.
An extreme heat event will slam most of the Southeast and mid-South this week as an upper-level dome of high pressure dawns across the regions…