At 10:45 a.m. on Friday, the National Weather Service issued a heat advisory valid between noon and 8 p.m. for Lackawanna and Luzerne counties.

A heat advisory goes into effect Thursday for parts of Connecticut where heat index values will soar past 100 degrees on Friday.

From Texas to New England, millions of Americans are facing dangerously hot temperatures that have led the National Weather Service to issue heat advisories and extreme heat warnings this week.

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A stretch of dangerous heat is building across central Alabama, prompting Days Monday through Wednesday of next week. Temperatures will climb into the mid to upper 90s, but it’s the oppressive humidity that will push heat index values between 110 and 112 degrees each afternoon.