Sizzling rays are baking the Mid-South during a heat wave.
Soaring triple digit heat indexes prompted the City of Memphis to reopen cooling centers through the weekend. The centers will provide relief from the extreme temperatures and possibly cut down heat emergencies.
In the past five days, county paramedics have been called out to a half-dozen heat-related emergencies, and they expect that number to climb.
The heat index neared 105 degrees Wednesday, making it dangerous for anyone to be outside for extended periods of time without being prepared.
“Temperatures tip up then so do the calls,” Brent Perkins with the Shelby County Fire Department said.