As Central Kentucky prepares for scorching temperatures to blanket areas such as Lexington, the city’s emergency management has activated its extreme heat plan to keep people cool.
It’s been a warm and humid summer in the Bluegrass, and temperatures are set to get even hotter. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the area until Wednesday, July 30.
“Lexington has activated the first phase of the heat plan and so in doing that they’ve got street teams out working trying to get them cool water. Get them some help if they need it,” explains Emily Fay with the Lexington-Fayette Emergency Management. “When the city looks at activating Phase 2 that’s when we see those temperatures of 105 sustain for multiple days and that’s when we move into that phase.”…