Dozens of cities are expected to meet or surpass record high temperatures for this time of year as part of a heat wave that will hit huge swaths of the country.

A brutal and record-early heat wave is baking Texas this week — bringing the triple-digit temperatures typical of July to the middle of May. The sudden heat spike, which was made more likely by

A dangerous round of early season extreme heat is on tap for parts of Texas this week in a prelude to what’s expected to be an abnormally hot summer across much of the United States. Long-standing records could fall across central and southwest Texas,