- At least 13 people in Texas and one in Louisiana have died due to extreme heat.
- The heat dome that has taxed Texas’ power grid is moving toward Florida where heat index levels of up to 112 degrees are forecasted.
- Scientists say heat waves similar to Texas’ fatal weather event this year are expected to become more common.
Heat waves like the one that engulfed parts of parts of the South and Midwest and killed more than a dozen people are becoming more common, and experts say the extreme weather events, which claim more lives than hurricanes and tornadoes, will likely increase in the future.
A heat dome that pressured the Texas power grid and killed 13 people there and another in Louisiana pushed eastward Thursday and was expected to be centered over the mid-South by the weekend. Heat index levels of up to 112 degrees were forecast in parts of Florida over the next few days.
Eleven of the heat-related deaths in Texas occurred in Webb County, which includes Laredo. The dead ranged in…