Weather

Independent UK - Heading into the holiday weekend, 110 million people across 21 US states will be under heat advisories, with temperatures in some western states expected to reach as high as 116 degrees.The National Weather Service in San Francisco said Tuesday the heat wave could last from six to 12 days in the Bay Area, making it the longest stretch of sustained heat the area has seen in 18 years. Temperatures across the US broke heat records on Tuesday, and more than 130 could fall throughout the next week, according to NBC News. Global temperatures are rising as a result of the human-driven climate crisis. The weather service did not mince words in its advisory, saying that "an exceptionally dangerous situation is underway as we enter a potentially historic and deadly heat event."