Watch out for the ‘extreme heat belt’ developing across the central US
by Justine Calma from The Verge - All Posts on (#62HMV)
A monitor reads the current temperature as 100 degrees Fahrenheit outside a building during a heatwave in Dallas, Texas, US, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. | Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty Images An extreme heat belt" that stretches across the center of the US is expected to emerge over the next 30 years, subjecting millions more Americans to dangerously hot days. That's according to new research published today by the nonprofit research group First Street Foundation.
The belt is expected to extend from Texas and Louisiana all the way up to Wisconsin. Along the belt, extremely hot days could feel brutal, reaching temperatures that feel hotter than 125 degrees Fahrenheit.
We need to be prepared for the inevitable"
About 107.6 million Americans across 1,023 counties will experience that level of extreme heat at least one day a year by 2053. That's compared to just 8.1 million residents in 50 counties who can expect to suffer...