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Dangerous heat returns Fri., risk of evening storms
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A heat advisory will be in effect Friday. While thunderstorms will cool things down for the weekend, the extreme heat will return early next week.
From Texas to New England, millions of Americans are facing dangerously hot temperatures that have led the National Weather Service to issue heat advisories and extreme heat warnings this week.
NWS Philadelphia issues a heat warning for parts of Delaware, New Jersey, and southeastern Pennsylvania, with heat index values up to 107 degrees.
Severe thunderstorms are also possible between late afternoon and early evening, with the greatest risk for damaging winds northwest of the I-95 corridor.
Sweltering and "dangerous" heat with indices surpassing 100 degrees Fahrenheit across parts of nine states has prompted the National Weather Service (NWS) to issue warnings for millions of Americans. Newsweek has reached out to NWS for comment via email on Thursday.
National Weather Service forecasters also warned of a "handful" of strong to severe thunderstorms on Friday afternoon.
Baltimore anticipates intense summer heat and possible severe storms amidst a heat advisory and stalling frontal boundary.
A heat advisory and extreme heat warning will be in effect as hot and humid conditions hit Delaware today. See the weekend weather forecast.