US South Faces Long, Hot Holiday Weekend After Tornadoes

US South Faces Long, Hot Holiday Weekend After Tornadoes
People purchase ice during a heat wave in Dallas, Texas, on June 12, 2022. Shelby Tauber/Reuters
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A dangerous heat wave that helped spawn deadly tornadoes in Texas and Florida threatened on Friday to bring more extreme weather to the South, prompting the National Weather Service to warn Americans to limit time outdoors over the long Juneteenth weekend.

At least four people were killed in twisters that touched down on Thursday in the panhandles of Texas and Florida, where flooding also forced almost 150 people out of their homes, officials said.