Dangerous heat wave grips Southwest U.S.

A dangerous heat wave has blanketed much of the Southwest from California to Texas. Weather Channel meteorologist Mike Bettes has the forecast.

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[Paul_]

Best of luck Texans, hope no power outages or fires due to the heat.

[botz]

It's not a heat wave if it never ends.

[georgegalan]

We have two climates in Texas hot. And warm

[rapauli]

Really?? ""Summer is here""!! that's all you have to say about it??

[ragingmonk]

Good thing big wheels used the money to build a fence instead of fixing the power grid. Maybe Elon can send you a Tesla battery to run the AC.

[thomaslorenz]

This is the prove for Mr. Trump ... there is no climat change at all ... ;o) ... what a clown

[trb]

Now everyone click your heels together 3 times & say;Climate change is not real.

[wiseman]

Ted Cruz should be skipping off to Iceland any minute now.

[mandymoore]

OMG people PLEASE check your cars for pets. Oh, & children too.

[tmm]

summer is here... not even close, extreme weather here to stay😮

[frankrodriguez]

It's not climate change folks!!! It's our star!!! The Sun

[lunes-]

Let's hope everything will be ok 🙏🕊️🙌

[trkn]

As someone who's had several skin cancers removed ...I stay out of the sh*t.

[timbradley]

Remember 30 plus years ago when the climate scientists said the North American continent will is laughing now.

[goodolboy]

Us Texans have lots of guns. We''ll scare the heatwave off with our guns. Murica

[tripn]

Bro it’s 102 degrees here, it’s too hot!

[vibezz]

The heat temperatures will keep on breaking heat records as global warming is increasing .

[mikrod]

For vampires I just call it good weather god bless!

[takethesnakeroberts]

"And that's a good thing"

[jacobcasey]

Michigan is gonna feel like 100+ from 12:00-5:00