After the US baked in record heat waves this year seems even hotter weather is set consume huge tracts of country in coming decades. Over 100 million Americans will live in “extreme heat belt” by 2053, according to the climaterisk non-profit foundation “First Street”. Least one day every year in in belt withstand temperatures over 125 F what’s in the limit danger level of National Weather Service heat index. Huge area it will be affected runs from Texas to Wisconsin and also includes the southeastern United States, while the regions in in belt generally not considered the hottest parts of United States, “there are no coastal influences to mitigate extreme temperatures,” the researchers’ report explains, adding that many communities hit “not used to the heat weather compared to their normal climate.” The most extreme heat growth is projected in Miami-Dade County area of Florida where the hottest days are (currently reaching about 103 F) will jump in frequency from seven days to year to 34 by 2053.
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