Dangerously hot conditions hit states up and down the West Coast over the weekend, owing to a persistent heat wave stretching from the Pacific Northwest to California and the desert Southwest.

Residents of the Western U.S. sweltered in a heat wave Saturday that hospitalized some people, with temperatures forecast to hit dangerous levels throughout the weekend in Washington, Oregon, Southern California,

Temperatures across interior Southern California will climb dramatically as a prolonged heat wave begins Wednesday and could persist into next week.

We’re in for another scorcher as the extreme heat warning enters its third day. Sunday will see a high of 90 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the Seattle branch of the National Weather Service predicts.

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