Brutal heat wave peaks Sunday in Southwest, but no cool down in sight

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A person watches a television weather forecast during a heat wave from a cooling center in Phoenix on July 14.
A person watches the weather forecast at a cooling center on July 14 in Phoenix. Photo: by Brandon Bell/Getty Images

A dangerous heat wave will reach its peak todayacross the Southwest, breaking longstanding records. However, the heat will also spread across the West, and no major cool down is in sight for many areas.

The big picture:About 100 million people were under heat alerts as of Sunday morning, stretching across a dozen states from South Florida to Oregon, according toheat.gov.

  • TheNational Weather Service is predicting”widespread record-breaking high temperatures” as well as record warm overnight minimum temperatures for many locations.

  • High temperatures into the 110s in Phoenix, Las…

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