ATLANTA—Stifling heat smothered states from Texas to South Carolina on Aug. 13 with temperatures that felt like 120 degrees Fahrenheit, making it difficult to be outside for long, much less work or play.
As the entire Southeast baked amid heat warnings and advisories that reached from central Texas to coastal Georgia, construction workers toiled under a blazing sun in Louisiana. Alabama’s largest city opened its auditorium as a refuge for anyone needing to cool down.
