An intense heat wave threatens millions of people across the Southeast with temperatures reaching 115 degrees through midweek.

The soupy, smothering extreme heat that has scorched parts of the Northern Hemisphere this summer takes a hard toll on our bodies. It can make you feel nauseous, woozy and dehydrated. It can have pernicious health effects on multiple organs. But there’s another, less well-known, impact of extreme heat: It makes you age faster.

At the start of the month, the question for the Miami Heat was whether this was all there was. Then Duncan Robinson was traded for Simone Fontecchio, with Kevin Love and Kyle Anderson dealt for Norman Powell.

A punishing heat wave will bring hot temperatures to eastern US and linger for several days, underscoring how climate change heats things up.

Widespread showers and storms are likely to develop between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., moving west to east. Tropical downpours with several inches of rain are possible under any thunderstorms, leading to localized flash flooding. There is also a lower-end severe weather threat with any storm, including damaging winds and large hail.

At least 13 people have died due to heat-related illnesses during this year’s heat season, up from this point in 2024.

An updated heat advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Saturday at 10:47 p.m. valid for Sunday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. for Mobile and Baldwin counties.