Washington, July 4th: The U.S. National Park Service (NPS) has confirmed that a woman has died while hiking in the Grand Canyon as the heat wave continues and temperatures rise. In a statement, ABC News reported, NPS said park rangers received a report about a hiker in distress in the Tweep section of Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona around 6:30 pm Sunday evening.

Authorities said the 57-year-old woman lost consciousness during an eight-mile hike in a secluded area of ​​the park. “Rangers arrived at the scene at approximately 1:00 a.m. Monday, July 3 and confirmed the hiker’s death,” she added in the statement. Temperatures in Tweep on Sunday topped 37 degrees Celsius, according to NPS. Heat wave alert for US: Heat stroke scorches Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. More than 55 million people are on heat alerts.

57-year-old woman dies while hiking in Grand Canyon:

Temperatures reached 45 degrees Celsius at Phantom Ranch, near the Colorado River, southeast of the scene. Excessive heat warnings are in place for parts of the Grand Canyon through Wednesday, ABC News reported, citing NPS officials. Parks officials recently urged hikers and backpackers to prepare for extremely hot temperatures in the coming weeks. New York Air Pollution: An air quality alert has been issued for the entire state of New York as smoke from wildfires in Canada returns.

About 35 million Americans are wary of dangerously high temperatures, and the center of the heat dome lies in the west. Monday temperatures hit 45 degrees in Phoenix and Palm Springs, 44 degrees in Las Vegas and 48 degrees in Death Valley. Eight southern states, from Texas to Georgia, had heat indices ranging from 40 to 46 degrees Celsius on July 1.

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