By
Cat Viglienzoni - July 5, 2010
It's a summer scorcher. The National Weather Service has
issued an extreme weather advisory for several northeastern cities facing
possible triple-digit temperatures this week. The East Coast is facing a heat
wave that meteorologists say could trigger "a dangerous situation."
Excessive heat advisories have already been issued for
the Philadelphia metropolitan district until Wednesday evening and New York
City until Tuesday evening.
National weather service meteorologist Brian Korty said
some states will face a sweltering combination of heat and humidity.
"Over the Middle Atlantic region for at least the first
half of the week, we're going to see very, very high heat indexes, and actually
the temperatures themselves will actually approach a hundred degrees over a lot
of this area," he said.
The more the heat increases, the more people should make
sure to drink lots of fluids and stay indoors to guard against health problems.
Heat waves can lead to dehydration, heat exhaustion, heat stroke and dizziness.
"As temperature and humidity both get higher, the stress
it could put on the human body increases and therefore the hotter the
temperature and higher the humidity, the greater chances of people having
problems," Korty said.
Tomorrow is expected to be the hottest day, with
temperatures climbing into the hundreds for some cities, including Philadelphia
and New York. Increased humidity could also trigger advisories for central New
Jersey, northeastern Maryland and central and southern Delaware.
In the local forecast, Boston is expected to be in the
high 80s and 90s this week, with Tuesday and Wednesday hitting 95 and 90
degrees respectively.
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courtesy: AP Images)
