Summer scorcher across South has no end in sight as 90 million see above

More record-breaking heat is in the forecast for the South and Southwest. FOX Weather shows you who will hit 100 degrees and who will just feel like it.

The deadly heat wave broiling the southern half of the U.S. will continue this week, and the FOX Forecast Center warns that this stubborn weather pattern could still last for yet another few weeks.

Record-breaking temperatures have left millions of Americans looking for ways to beat the heat, either by heading to the beach or pool to cool off or simply staying inside with the air conditions cranking to ward off any heat-related illnesses such as heatstroke or heat exhaustion.

An RV shimmers in the heat haze as the temperature rises past about 127 degrees Fahrenheit on a day that could set a new world heat record in Death Valley National Park on July 16, 2023 near Furnace Creek, California.

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For many, however, the heat has simply been too much to handle, as heat-related deaths have been reported from coast-to-coast. Reported deaths include hikers inside California’s Death Valley National Park and children mistakenly left inside vehicles for hours under the summer sun.

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Heat Advisories stretch from the Central Plains to the Gulf Coast, with millions in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi and Tennessee again under an Excessive Heat Warning as temperatures soar and "feels-like" temperatures even higher.

Portions of Arizona, including the Phoenix area, and California are back under an Excessive Heat Warning from Friday to Monday. Southwest New Mexico is under a Heat Advisory.

More than 109 million Americans will feel above-average temperatures on Thursday, with more than 92 million seeing temperatures in the 90s from the Southwest through the Plains, along the Gulf Coast and into Florida and the Southeast.

Forecast highs and feels-like temperatures for Thursday.

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The FOX Forecast Center says the deadly heat wave will continue across parts of the central and southern Plains, lower Mississippi Valley, Gulf Coast and the Southwest as the stubborn area of high pressure remains anchored over the region.

On Wednesday, records fell again. Brownsville and College Station, Texas tied and broke daily high records. Pensacola, Florida also tied.

FURNACE CREEK, CALIFORNIA - JULY 16: A Jeep is distorted in the heat haze as the temperature rises past about 127 degrees Fahrenheit on a day that could set a new world heat record in Death Valley National Park on July 16, 2023 near Furnace Creek, California.

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The feels-like temperatures will be much higher across the region, with many areas across the region feeling like it's higher than 110 degrees. Friday will be just as hot.

The FOX Forecast Center says portions of the south-central Plains should cool off a bit by the weekend as a front dips farther to the south. However, the heat and humidity are expected to extend farther to the east as the week continues, bringing hot temperatures to a larger area of the Southeast and Carolinas in the mid-Atlantic through at least the middle of the week.

Friday's highs and feels-like temperatures.

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Phoenix has been dealing with extreme heat for more than a month. The city saw high temperatures above 110 degrees for 31 consecutive days.

But despite a brief break on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday which only saw a high temperature of 108 and 109 degrees, Phoenix will likely get back above 110 degrees Thursday as the ridge of high pressure expands across the Southwest. By Saturday, the Valley of the Sun is looking at 115.

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