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Record-Breaking Heat Waves Set to Bake South and Southwest

Potentially deadly temperatures expected across several states

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Triple-digit temperatures are forecast over large parts of the South and Southwest in the coming days, said the National Weather Service. The NWS forecast that numerous high temperature records will be broken. Photo: Richard Ellis/Zuma Press

A dangerous heat wave was building across the southwestern U.S. this week as millions of people there and in the South brace for record-breaking, and potentially deadly, temperatures.

Southwestern states are preparing for temperatures in the triple digits, joining Texas and Oklahoma which are in the middle of a continuing heat wave, the National Weather Service said. Areas including Arizona, Nevada and Central and Southern California are forecast to be under a heat dome that could trap warmth in the region for up to two weeks.

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