Excessive heat warnings remain in many areas of U.S. through Monday

Excessive vigor warnings stay successful spot successful galore areas crossed the U.S. and are expected to past astatine slightest done Monday.

In Arizona's largest metro area, Phoenix and surrounding communities flirted with a precocious of 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 degrees Celsuis) connected Sunday.

The National Weather Service successful Phoenix is forecasting 116 degrees for Monday, conscionable 2 degrees disconnected the grounds precocious for that day acceptable successful 1907, earlier temperatures driblet a fewer degrees for the adjacent 3 days.

In Nevada, the archetypal excessive vigor informing of the summertime runs done Monday evening for the Las Vegas metro area. Daytime cooling centers are unfastened crossed the region.

It was 102 degrees Friday astatine Harry Reid International Airport successful Las Vegas, ending a 294-day agelong of temperatures staying beneath 100.

The precocious successful cardinal Las Vegas was adjacent 112 degrees Sunday, with 113 predicted for Monday, according to the National Weather Service.

A vigor question baking overmuch of interior California was expected to propulsion the mercury past 105 degrees (40 Celsius) crossed the cultivation bosom of the state.

A grounds of 111 degrees (44 Celsius) was marked Saturday successful Paso Robles, surpassing a precocious of 107 (41 Celsius) acceptable successful 2013.

In Southern California, excessive vigor warnings and advisories were extended done Monday for inland areas eastbound of Los Angeles.

Elsewhere, the vigor and terrible upwind remained a interest passim the U.S. southeast.

Heat advisories remained successful effect passim the southeast Sunday portion a terrible thunderstorm ticker was successful effect until 8 p.m. for parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee. Thunderstorm warnings were issued passim the portion connected Sunday afternoon.

Authorities said 31 cows died successful the bluish Alabama municipality of Berlin during Saturday's terrible upwind erstwhile lightning struck the histrion they were hiding under.