The prolonged heat wave in the US has led to an increase in severely burned patients who were injured after touching hot surfaces or objects.
According to meteorologists, beginning in the Midwest, the hot weather will extend east as far as the southern tip of Florida by Wednesday.
Temperature records were surpassed in several major cities over the weekend, and some 59 million Americans began on Monday under extreme heat advisories.
In the border town of El Paso, Texas, residents experienced a 38th consecutive day at temperatures above 38 degrees Celsius.
The National Park Service has also reported at least four deaths among visitors.
Two female hikers were found dead in the Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada on Sunday, amid temperatures as high as 45 degrees, the BBC reported.
Ocean temperatures in South Florida and the Keys could reach unprecedented highs.
July is now expected to be the Earth’s hottest month since records began.
Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the US has this year set or tied more than 13,000 high temperature records, as well as 16,000 low temperature records.
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