Warning of Dangerous Heat Wave

At Chicago's famous Wrigley Field on Sunday, mist cooled hot fans.

 Authorities have warned of a potentially deadly heatwave passing over the middle of the country. In swathes of the Mid-west the heat index -( how the weather feels) - is due to top 100 degrees, officials said. The heat and humidity made the air in Newton Iowa feel 126F, weathers reports said.

The US National Weather Service warned of "the most significant heat wave the region has experienced in at least the last five years." The "heat dome" of high air pressure, high temperatures and high humidity was expected to expand from the central mid-western core of the US outward, reaching the eastern US states by mid-week.

"The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a dangerous situation in which heat illnesses are likely," the National Weather Service warned. Afflicted states included Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and South and North Dakota. Some states like Missouri have already had devastating floods and tornadoes this year.

Authorities warned residents under the heat dome to drink plenty of fluids, stay in air conditioned spaces, out of the sun and to check on relatives and neighbours.  Gotta love that climate change, a surprise around every corner.