CNN —An already dangerous weeks-long heat wave will only worsen this weekend as a heat dome intensifies and reaches peak strength over parts of the Western United States.
Around 100 million people are under heat alerts after the heat dome expanded into places like California, which is now experiencing its first extreme heat wave of the year.
This shows how hot areas are compared to average with darker shades indicating more extreme heat.
That’s only happened a handful of times, one of which is the all-time global record high temperature of 134 degrees.
Before this latest wave, heat has already killed at least 12 people in Phoenix’s Maricopa County this year, and killed 425 people last year.
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