The soupy, smothering extreme heat that has scorched parts of the Northern Hemisphere this summer takes a hard toll on our bodies. It can make you feel nauseous, woozy and dehydrated. It can have pernicious health effects on multiple organs. But there’s another, less well-known, impact of extreme heat: It makes you age faster.

Gardner, who is from Detroit, has yet to play in an NBA game. In fact, this two-way contract with the Heat marks the closest that Gardener has been to playing in the NBA, as this is the first two-way or standard NBA deal that he has signed during his career.

Travel delays are mounting as airports on the east coast experience ground stops due to thunderstorms. Chicago streets were flooded by heavy rain and millions baked in extreme heat with brutal temperatures expected to continue into the weekend.

At least 100 Americans are on alert for dangerous heat and humidity -- stretching from Texas to Maine -- on Friday.

For people under the sweltering influence of a heat dome, the weather pattern can be excruciatingly tedious to endure, Jackson told Scientific American. “Heat domes are generally slow to form and slow to dissipate,” he said.

Forecasters are warning people in the High Point area about excessive summer temperatures that could lock in place on Friday through the next week during what’s been a brutal July for weather. The region received a respite from high heat and humidity on Tuesday through Thursday,

New Jersey homes and businesses are without power. See latest updates from JCP&L, PSE&G, Atlantic City Electric and Rockland utilities.

Monmouth Park has cancelled Friday’s scheduled eight-race card due to excessive heat, track officials announced. All races cancelled Friday will be brought back as extras for Friday, Aug. 1, and the racing office will also look to use them over the next weekend.

Saturday, temperatures will be in the low 90s across Siouxland, with dewpoints in the low 70s. As the temperatures increase for Sunday and Monday to the mid 90s, the dewpoint temperature will follow suit, making it feel way hotter outside.