The heat wave that has left parts of the West sweltering in triple digit temperatures looks set to continue for at least a few days more. NBC News meteorologist Angie Lassman predicts a high of 118 degrees in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
The sweltering heat wave gripping parts of the U.S. has shattered heat records, sparked an air quality health advisory, and is believed to have contributed to at least five deaths. More than 130 million people across the West, the East Coast, Southeast Texas and South Florida remain under heat alerts Tuesday.
In Death Valley, California, a motorcyclist died of suspected heat exposure and another was hospitalized for severe heat illness Saturday. Another man, Kevin Gerhardt, of Sacramento, died Sunday due to the heat, NBC affiliate KCRA of Sacramento reported. The hot weather is expected to break across the Pacific Northwest by Thursday and the West by the weekend. The heat and humidity, however, will remain in place for the East throughout the rest of the week and into the weekend.
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