Record-breaking heat wave scorching 26 million across Southern Plains



A blistering, record-breaking heat wave is scorching 26 million people across much of the Southern Plains and pushing temperatures as high as 15 degrees above normal. NBC News’ Miguel Almaguer is in Houston, Texas with more details on emergency crews bracing for 911 calls.

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16 comments

  1. JESUS IS COMING SOON READ THE BIBLE JESUS LOVES YOU

  2. its pleasant and cool where i live…so i don't care

  3. Moo-ving on up, amass the population in desolate.

  4. AND AMERICANS BELIEVE IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AND WHAT ABOUT THE GENIUS IDEAS OF ELECTRIC SEMI TRUCKS…lol !!! Duh

  5. It’s only going to get worse. The tactic of whistling past the graveyard instead of engaging Climate Change has resulted in a runaway train of drought and soaring temperatures.

    The conservative Christians of Texas and other states are finding success in destroying America in any way they can.

  6. Oh, it's just Texas. Carry on.

  7. Guessing Texas electrical grid will blow sooner or later

  8. Black people should NOT be paying to cool their houses. There is absolutely NO reason at all they should even receive a bill this Summer. Make the white people pay and then we can start talking reparations. 🙏🏿🫶🏿✊🏿✌🏿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️

  9. In a few years, we'll fondly remember these cool temperatures.

  10. yes let switch to Electric cars also

  11. God is punishing them…

  12. Yeah no $@#! it's %$##@ hot down here!

  13. Please keep it as I hate hot weather.

  14. Greg Abbott is begging Texans to conserve energy because it would be humiliating for him to have another grid failure.

  15. god really loves Texas ..