U.S. Government launches heat relief website

U.S. Government launches heat relief website

A woman pushes a stroller during a summer heat wave, Thursday, July 21, 2022, in New York. Dangerously high temperatures threatened much of the Northeast and Deep South on Thursday, as huge swaths of the country sweltered under a heat wave that could continue for days and send temperatures soaring in places like Boston, Little Rock and Virginia Beach. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

(AP) — How hot is it? It isn’t a setup for a joke, but it’s a setup for a new federal website. The Biden administration has launched a site that can help people and local governments fight back against the unrelenting heatwave melting much of the nation. The site includes maps, forecasts and health advice. At the height of the swelter, nearly half the nation — 154.6 million people — endured high temperatures.

Online: U.S. government heat site: https://www.heat.gov

Photo: (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)