Soaring temperatures were forecast for New York City on Monday, while other parts of the country were warned heavy rainfall from an oncoming hurricane.
After a day slightly cooler temperatures on Sunday — a high in the mid-80s, dropping to the 70s overnight — meteorologists expect more stickiness Monday.
“Sunny with highs in the 90s,” the National Weather Service predicted. “Heat index values in the upper 90s.”
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Keeping “cool” in the heat at Harlem’s W. 141 street on Broadway on July 15
New Yorkers have become increasingly familiar with sticky and hot conditions this summer, just as the city has activated its Heat Emergency Plan for a record 23 days. The plan remained in effect through Monday, with cooling facilities open across all five boroughs for anyone looking to beat the heat.
Meanwhile in the south, much of the Florida Panhandle was under a hurricane warning that Tropical Storm Debby combined force in the Gulf of Mexico.
“We will absolutely see a lot of precipitation,” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said. “We’re going to see a lot of saturation. We’re going to see flooding events. That’s going to happen. There’s also going to be power outages.”
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People cool off in a water fountain during hot weather on July 16 in New York City.
The storm was expected to make landfall around the peninsula on Monday before moving into Georgia and South Carolina while dumping rain. DeSantis declared a state of emergency in 61 of Florida’s 67 counties.
On Sunday morning, Debby was about 15 miles southwest of Tampa in the Gulf.
“I would urge all Floridians to be aware of the fact that we are going to have a hurricane hit the state, probably a Category 1, but it could be a little more powerful than that,” DeSantis said at a press conference.
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