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Texas toast: Heat crushed records Saturday and will swell northward

Much of the central U.S. faces an extended May heat wave in the coming week

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May 8, 2022 at 11:54 a.m. EDT
Forecast highs Sunday from the National Weather Service. Boxed values are predicted records. (WeatherBell)
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Temperatures as high as 112 degrees shattered records in Texas on Saturday, setting off a prolonged heat wave that will expand through much of the central United States.

Parts of Texas could see record-challenging heat in the next six days while record highs near 90 degrees could expand as far north as the Great Lakes by Thursday.