It brings some of the highest temperatures globally to the Texas-Mexico border, where cities nearby will record temperatures as high as 113 degrees. Extreme heat is the deadliest weather-related hazard in the United States,

Texas is bracing for a relentless and potentially historic heat wave this week, with dangerously high temperatures expected statewide.

An early-season heat wave is set to bake huge swaths of the country with record or near-record high temperatures expected across the northern and the southern Plains, the Southwest and much of central and southern Texas.