Residents in the Southeast U.S. are no strangers to hot weather in the summertime, but the sweltering heat this week set at least one record, and forecasters urged residents to limit being outside if

An intense heat wave threatens millions of people across the Southeast with temperatures reaching 115 degrees through midweek.

A heat advisory will be in effect for all of north Alabama until 9 p.m. Tuesday. The National Weather Service in Huntsville said the heat index could go as high as 109 across north Alabama both this afternoon and Tuesday.