A Record-Breaking Heat Wave Is Sweeping Across the U.S. This Week. Here Are Some of the Cities It Will Hit Hardest

Parts of the U.S. will be facing record-high temperatures this week, just a couple weeks after large swaths of the country sweated through a days-long heat wave over the Fourth of July holiday.The latest heat wave began over the weekend in the Southwest and Great Plains, before beginning to move toward the eastern U.S. The National Weather Service forecasted widespread temperatures of 95-105 degrees Fahrenheit, saying that “even for mid-July, this heat is expected to be exceptionally rare for some locations and produce numerous daily temperature records, while potentially nearing monthly and all-time records.”AccuWeather forecasters said that temperatures over the next few days likely won’t soar to the levels seen during the Fourth of July long weekend in parts of the country. But experts