OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ACROSS
THE WEST.
LIKE MUCH OF THE WEST, SIN CITY
IS SIZZLING.
>> ITS EXTREMELY HOT.
>> WERE REALLY HOT.
IM SWEATING RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: THE LAS VEGAS STRIP
HITTING A SWELTERING 114
DEGREES, SHATTERING AN 81-YEAR
DAILY RECORD.
>> SO HOT.
>> HOT AND HUMID.
>> HER SANDALS MELTED YESTERDAY.
>> YOUR SANDALS MELTED?
>> YES.
>> THIS MAY BE A REAL
RECORD-BREAKING YEAR.
>> Reporter: IN THE DESERT
OUTSIDE LOS ANGELES, 123
DEGREES, TYING THE RECORD FOR AN
ALL-TIME HIGH.
DEATH VALLEY REACHING A
SCORCHING 128 DEGREES,
SHATTERING A RECORD SET IN 1917.
>> THIS IS EARLY TO HAVE THIS
MUCH OF A HEAT WAVE.
>> THE TEMPERATURE IS UNGODLY
HOT.
>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA NOW
URGING RESIDENTS TO CONSERVE
POWER AND DECLARING A STATE OF
EMERGENCY.
>> WE HAVE FANS AND THATS ALL.
WE JUST KEEP THE WINDOWS OPEN.
>> Reporter: AFTER A WEEK OF
RELENTLESS HEAT, RECORDS WERE
SMASHED IN SEVERAL WESTERN
STATES.
IN ARIZONA, PHOENIX HITTING 118
DEGREES.
A TEMP ONLY REACHED 18 OTHER
DAYS SINCE THE CITY STARTED
RECORDING.
IN COLORADO, DENVER HITTING
TRIPLE DIGITS FOR THE THIRD DAY
IN A ROW.
>> IVE NEVER SEEN AN EARLY JUNE
LIKE THIS.
>> Reporter: THE HEAT WAVE NOW
REACHING THE MIDWEST.
HIGHER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES
SEEN IN OMAHA, TULSA AND KANSAS
CITY.
SOME OF THE MOST EXTREME HEAT
HITTING REGIONS ALREADY DEALING
WITH DEVASTATING DROUGHTS.
CONDITIONS NOW CREATING HIGH
FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE WEST.
FIREFIGHTERS PREPARING FOR
WHATS TO COME.
>> THESE SUMMERS ARE JUST --
THEYRE NOT TYPICAL ANYMORE.
>> Reporter: A DANGEROUS LATE
SPRING HEAT WAVE REWRITING
RECORD BOOKS WITH MILLIONS
WAITING FOR RELIEF.
EXPERTS SAY WERE LIKELY TO SEE
MORE OF THIS KIND OF HEAT BEFORE
THE SUMMER IS OVER, SO ITS
IMPORTANT TO BE PREPARED.
THEY SAY LIMIT YOUR TIME OUTSIDE
DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE
DAY.
WEAR LIGHT OR LIGHT-COLORED
CLOTHING.
AND TRY AND STAY HYDRATED.
DRINK AS MUCH WATER AS POSSIBLE.
THATS REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN IT
GETS THIS HOT.
SAVANNAH.
>> ALL RIGHT, ERIN, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>>> DYLAN IS IN FOR AL THIS
MORNING WITH MORE ON WHAT WE CAN
ALL EXPECT FROM THE HEAT AND
THAT TROPICAL STORM WARNING
ALONG THE GULF COAST AS WE HEAD
INTO THE WEEKEND.
D.DREYER, ITS 4:05 AND 95
DEGREES.
>> Reporter:
>> PALM SPRINGS TIED THEIR
HIGHEST RECORD OF 123 DEGREES SO
ITS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULDNT
EXPECT UNTIL MAYBE THE HEART OF
SUMMER, LIKE JULY OR AUGUST.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 40 MILLION
IMPACTED BY HEAT ADVISORIES,
HEAT WATCHES, HEAT WARNINGS.
WE ALSO HAVE HEAT ADVISORIES OUT
THROUGH PARTS OF THE MIDWEST BUT
I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE SOUTHWEST
WHERE TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL
ONCE AGAIN BE AT DANGEROUS
LEVELS.
LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA, 109
TODAY.
THE RECORD IS 108.
LAKE HAVASU, 123.
THE RECORD IS 115.
LAS VEGAS SHOULD GET UP TO 113
TODAY.
WINSLOW SHOULD GET UP TO ABOUT
102.
AS WE GO INTO SATURDAY, THE HEAT
CONTINUES.
STILL SEEING THOSE TEMPERATURES
ABOUT 15 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE.
FRESNO 110, LAS VEGAS 114, YUMA,
ARIZONA, 116.
AND WHILE WE WILL SEE
TEMPERATURES COOL OFF A BIT AS
WE GO INTO NEXT WEEK, WERE
STILL LOOKING FOR TRIPLE DIGITS,
ESPECIALLY OUT IN LAS VEGAS.
IN PHOENIX 108 BY TUESDAY, SO WE
DO SEE THAT BIT OF A COOLDOWN
BUT ITS HARDLY NOTICEABLE WHEN
YOURE STILL LOOKING AT
TEMPERATURES LIKE THIS.
ALSO WANT TO FOCUS ON THE
TROPICS FOR YOU FOR A SECOND
HERE.
WE DO HAVE TROPICAL CYCLONE
NUMBER 3 OUT OVER THE GULF OF
MEXICO WITH THE RAIN ALREADY
APPROACHING THE COAST OF
LOUISIANA.
THIS WILL LIKELY STRENGTHEN INTO
A TROPICAL STORM AS WE GO INTO
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.
WHETHER THAT HAPPENS OR NOT,