Extreme heat is becoming more common across the United States this summer as temperatures regularly soar into the triple digits. In many cases temperatures are rising even as high as 120 degrees, sometimes lasting for as long as a week.
Indeed, this year is expected to be among the 10 hottest years ever recorded. At the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration experts believe it will prove to be among the top five.
A cause of the extreme heat, experts say, is climate change. Added to that is the presence this year of El Niño in the Pacific Ocean, a weather pattern that heats up the weather across the United States.
Heat Illnesses
Many people suffer heat illness when the weather is really hot.