Temperatures will be pushing triple digits across the country this week as extreme heat will hit a large part of the country, according to meteorologists.
The heat could surpass 100 degrees or higher for more than 60 million people throughout the next week as the summer trend of high temperatures continues, CNN reported.
In Arizona, temperatures got so bad that one UPS delivery driver collapsed in front of one Scottsdale residence while on the job. In the state, extreme heat has been an issue for more than a month.
The delivery driver's fall was caught on the home owner's Ring video camera. Brian Enriquez owns the home, and when he saw the driver fall and then get back up and stagger away, he called the police and UPS to let them know what happened, KPNX reported.
"I was concerned for the fact that he was coming, stumbling to the door," Enriquez told KPNX. "Had I gotten to my phone sooner, I could have talked to him through my Ring, but he had already left the property at that point."
UPS has commented on the incident, sharing that the employee was "fine" and that their employees are trained to be safe while working in extreme conditions.
"Our package delivery vehicles make frequent stops, making air conditioning ineffective," the statement from UPS to NBC said.
Still, heat will be an issue this week in more states than just Arizona, with more than 20 states across the Southern Plains and parts of the Northeast facing heat advisories.
"Dangerous heat will continue to impact a large portion of the U.S. this week, with now more than 100 million people under excessive heat warnings or heat advisories," the Weather Prediction Center said.
To put it into perspective, this means that around one-third of the U.S. population will be under heat advisories.
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