Weather

Time - Weather forecasters warn of a prolonged and dangerous heat wave set to blanket large swaths of the U.S. this week and into the Fourth of July holiday weekend, with temperatures possibly reaching extreme levels and posing a risk to public health. The National Weather Service said on Sunday that the “potentially historic” heat wave will cover most of the central to eastern U.S. 

France Recorded 1,000 Excess Deaths During Heat Wave, Officials Say…First estimates published by the national health agency listed hundreds more deaths per day compared with the daily death rate in previous months.