Potentially dangerous triple-digit heat is baking the southern Plains and Texas, with the excessive heat and humidity expected to linger across the region through at least the first part of the weekend.
Millions of people across the Lone Star State are being urged to take proper precautions to prevent heat-related illnesses such as heatstroke and heat exhaustion as high temperatures soar above 100 degrees from Houston to Brownsville. Meanwhile, as dew points reach the mid-upper 70s, the “feels-like” temperatures will reach close to 120 degrees in some parts of South Texas as the workweek continues.