NY Times: “A searing heat wave that has engulfed much of the western United States for over a week will continue to bring dangerously high temperatures through Saturday before sliding east to the central and eastern U.S. by Sunday.
The situation is especially pressing in Texas, where, two days after Hurricane Beryl left millions without power, officials began moving patients into a temporary field hospital in Houston’s massive sports complex on Wednesday.
The lack of electricity has strained the health care system in the nation’s fourth-largest city. Doctors had determined that it was not safe to discharge some patients to homes without air-conditioning, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said at a news conference, leading to “backed up” hospitals and three-hour wait times for ambulances to drop off patients.”