The report, released this week, found that 58% of fast-food workers surveyed in July said they had worked in excessive heat conditions in the last year. And nearly half, or 48%, reported experiencing heat illness symptoms including headaches, fatigue, dizziness, confusion, muscle pain or nausea.

Severe weather alerts have been issued for most of Southern California in anticipation of the extreme heat and critical fire danger to hit the region on Wednesday.

Temperatures are set to rise across Southern California this week, with the Inland Empire facing triple-digit highs

Long-term watches and warnings have been issued across most of Southern California in anticipation of the extreme heat and fire danger set to hit the region on Wednesday. “This is a nasty forecast

LA Unified School District officials say they’ll take steps to protect students and staff from the soaring temperatures expected to bake the Southland starting today and continuing throughout the region for the rest of the week.

A looming heat wave has triggered extreme heat warnings and advisories for 80 million people from the U.S.-Mexico border to southwest Utah.

Across the inland valleys and in the mountains, mercury is likely to climb into the mid-90s to around 100 degrees or a little higher.

The death toll is now at two in Portugal and four in Spain as the fires burn for a second week, according to AFP. The fires are largely located in the northwest regions of Galicia, Castile and León, and Extremadura. More than 31,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes in Spain due to the fires, according to The Guardian .