The crippling heat wave drove residents, animals even air conditioners to the breaking point. NORTHEAST BRACES FOR SEVERE STORMS AS SOUTHWEST TO BE HIT WITH HEAT WAVE“Now people are like desperate – they do and pay anything to get them fixed,” said Alan Schwandt of Alan’s Air. Related Image Expand / CollapseSeveral southwest cities are hitting record highs – Las Vegas hit 117 degrees, Phoenix hit 119 degrees, Palm Springs hit 121 degrees – and that put first responders like the Border Patrol on high alert. Last year, about 2,000 Arizonians visited emergency rooms for heat exhaustion and 130 died in heat-related fatalities. Today’s heat wave is expected to break by Sunday, when the valley of the sun returns to a normal 105 degrees.

Source: Fox News June 21, 2017 20:37 UTC