Death Valley sets a new daily record with a searing 128 degrees as West Coast heat wave drags on

Originally Published: 07 JUL 24 00:16 ET

Updated: 07 JUL 24 07:46 ET

By Dalia Faheid and Monica Garrett, CNN

(CNN) — Hundreds of new temperature records could be broken into next week as sweltering heat drags on across the country, impacting millions of Americans in the Western and Eastern US.

Nearly 70 million people are under heat alerts Sunday, after over three dozen high-temperature records were either set or tied on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.