About a third of Americans were under extreme heat advisories, watches and warnings Saturday, with the heat expected to continue into next week.
Charles Sanders spent Friday afternoon with his Chihuahua mix Babygirl at the air-conditioned Justa Center, which offers daytime services to older homeless people in downtown Phoenix. It's also serving as a hydration station, distributing free bottles of water.
"This weekend there will be some of the most serious and hot conditions we’ve ever seen," said Hondula. Emergency room doctors in Las Vegas have been treating more people for heat illness as the heat wave threatened to break the city’s all-time record high of 117 degrees Fahrenheit this weekend. In Lancaster and Palmdale, north of Los Angeles, temperatures hit 108 degrees Fahrenheit , said National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Wofford. In Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley, the thermometer cleared triple digits in some areas.
"Heat is definitely a concern out there," said April Newman of the Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department, adding that the blazes were burning through dense, dry brush in rugged terrain.
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