Temperatures are expected to climb across Southern California beginning Wednesday.
The National Weather Service is calling it a "significant heat event.”
“Starting Wednesday, a long-duration heat wave will affect interior areas through Sunday, spreading into the valleys closer to the coast by Friday,” the NWS said. “Highs will peak between 100 to 110 degrees, and possibly up to 115 degrees, hottest over the LA County interior.”
Dr. Angelique Campen, an ER doctor at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, told KNX News when it comes to the heat, people need precautions.
“You think, ‘Yes, yes, yes. We hear this every time that there's a heat wave.’ But I'm telling you people don't pay attention,” she said.
Dr. Campen urges people to stay out of the heat if you can and staying hydrated to avoid getting a heat stroke.
“When it progresses to what we call heat stroke, your core temperature starts to rise and you can reach temperatures of 105 – 106,” she said, adding that it can lead to brain damage of death.
She added that while the elderly is definitely at risk, so are the people who work outside during the hottest parts of the day.
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