Heat Dome Engulfs the South, Breaking Records and Taking Lives

• A "heat dome" is causing record high temperatures in Texas and surging northward, breaking temperature records and leading to at least thirteen deaths.
• The extreme heat has strained Texas' electric grid, caused national parks to close, shut down schools, and led governors to declare states of emergency.
• Temperatures in some cities have topped those in parts of the Middle East and Africa, and the heat index has surpassed dangerous thresholds.
• Smoke from Canadian wildfires is harming air quality and worsening the impacts of the heat in other parts of the US and southern Canada.
• Heat waves are deadlier than any other extreme weather event and disproportionately impact vulnerable populations, especially in impoverished communities and prisons lacking air conditioning.

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