{"id":1519034,"date":"2026-06-29T11:26:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=420fddfebcf2c6d308ff3aab998f8c73"},"modified":"2026-06-29T11:54:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:54:01","slug":"extreme-heat-forecast-dangerous-heat-wave-hitting-midwest-northeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1519034","title":{"rendered":"Extreme heat forecast: Dangerous heat wave hitting Midwest, Northeast"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/3a38453ff99ca4d380d053ce57658143.jpg\" alt\/><figcaption>Weather map. (ABC News)<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>(NEW YORK) -- A dangerous heat wave is bringing prolonged extreme heat to the Midwest and the East Coast this week.<\/p><p>The extreme heat hits the Midwest first. On Monday, the heat index -- what temperature it feels like -- is forecast to soar to&nbsp;around 105 degrees&nbsp;in Minneapolis and over 100 degrees in Chicago.<\/p><p>By Tuesday, the feels-like temperature in Chicago will be closer to 105 degrees. Indianapolis and Green Bay, Wisconsin, will also feel like the triple digits.<\/p><p>There will be minimal relief overnight, especially in cities, which makes the heat even more dangerous.<\/p><p>Chicago has activated cooling centers throughout the city, including at community service centers, senior centers, libraries, city colleges and police districts.<\/p><p>On Wednesday, the extreme heat moves east, with the temperature forecast to reach near 100 degrees in Detroit and Washington, D.C.<\/p><p>With humidity, it will feel like the triple digits across much of the Interstate 95 corridor in the afternoon.<\/p><p>The heat will peak in the Northeast on Thursday, when the&nbsp;heat index is expected to reach around 105 degrees.<\/p><p>Extreme heat is considered the deadliest weather-related hazard in the U.S.<br \/>At least 13,000 Americans have died from heat since 2018, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/heat-wave-envelops-us-pets-safe\/story?id=56312558\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;for tips on how to stay safe.<\/p><p><em>ABC News' Dan Peck and Michelle Simmons contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather map. (ABC News)(NEW YORK) &#8212; A dangerous heat wave is bringing prolonged extreme heat to the Midwest and the East Coast this week.The extreme heat hits the Midwest first. On Monday, the heat index &#8212; what temperature it feels like &#8212; is forecas&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":1519037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/3a38453ff99ca4d380d053ce57658143.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1447],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1519034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abc-national-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-01 13:43:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/3a38453ff99ca4d380d053ce57658143.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1519034"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1519038,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519034\/revisions\/1519038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1519037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1519034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1519034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1519034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}