Much of the U.S. is under extreme heat warnings or advisories while New York, Philadelphia and Washington could feel like 100 degrees or more.

The soupy, smothering extreme heat that has scorched parts of the Northern Hemisphere this summer takes a hard toll on our bodies. It can make you feel nauseous, woozy and dehydrated. It can have pernicious health effects on multiple organs. But there’s another, less well-known, impact of extreme heat: It makes you age faster.

Gardner, who is from Detroit, has yet to play in an NBA game. In fact, this two-way contract with the Heat marks the closest that Gardener has been to playing in the NBA, as this is the first two-way or standard NBA deal that he has signed during his career.

A heat dome happens when hot air is trapped over an area due to a persistent high pressure system, William Gallus, a professor of atmospheric science at Iowa State University, said. Heat domes can last for days to weeks and can stretch over multiple states.

The blast of heat prompted advisories across much of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and in Southern New Hampshire and Maine.

A brutal heat index nearing 112 degrees didn’t stop country music fans from packing the Chesterfield Amphitheater.

We'll get a bit of a break this weekend with temps back near normal Saturday. Although it may not be quite as hot, it will remain humid.

An updated heat advisory was issued by the NWS Wakefield VA on Friday at 1:37 p.m. in effect until Sunday at 8 p.m. The advisory is for Western Currituck as well as Northampton, Hertford, Gates, Pasquotank,

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