{"id":227264,"date":"2025-07-25T07:56:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T11:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=227264"},"modified":"2025-07-25T07:56:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T11:56:59","slug":"most-dangerous-heat-of-the-year-heading-for-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=227264","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Most Dangerous Heat of the Year&#8217; Heading For Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you were hoping this week&#8217;s high temperatures would ease off a little, we&#8217;ve got some bad news. Forecasters are warning that next week could be the most oppressive heat of 2025 so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 <strong>Why It Matters:<\/strong> The extreme temperatures pose serious health risks to all Georgians, especially vulnerable populations like children, the elderly, and outdoor workers. Heat-related illnesses can develop rapidly when temperatures climb above 100\u00b0F.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf21\ufe0f <strong>The Forecast:<\/strong> The National Weather Service <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"\/city\/Atlanta\"   title=\"About Atlanta\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"1681\">Atlanta<\/a> is predicting a dangerous escalation of heat again today and intensifying even more through Tuesday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Atlanta will see temperatures climb from 98\u00b0F Friday to a scorching 109\u00b0F by Tuesday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Macon could reach 112\u00b0F by Tuesday, making it one of the hottest spots in the state<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"\/city\/Athens\"   title=\"Athens\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"1680\">Athens<\/a> and Columbus are both forecast to hit 111\u00b0F<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u26a0\ufe0f <strong>Health Risks:<\/strong> This combination of extreme heat and humidity creates potentially life-threatening conditions, according to the National Weather Service. Heat exhaustion and heat stroke become significantly more likely as temperatures climb above 100\u00b0F.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udeb0 <strong>Safety Precautions:<\/strong> Health officials recommend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Drinking plenty of water throughout the day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Limiting outdoor activities to morning and evening hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taking frequent breaks in air-conditioned spaces<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Never leaving children or pets in vehicles, even briefly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Checking on elderly neighbors and relatives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 <strong>Cooling Resources:<\/strong> Many Georgia counties will open cooling centers for those without access to air conditioning. Residents should check with local emergency management agencies for locations and hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Sources:<\/strong> National Weather Service Atlanta, Georgia Department of Public Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you were hoping this week&#8217;s high temperatures would ease off a little, we&#8217;ve got some bad news. Forecasters are warning that next week could be the most oppressive heat of 2025 so far. \ud83d\udd25 Why It Matters: The extreme temperatures pose serious health risks to all Georgians, especially vulnerable populations like children, the elderly, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":227265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"large","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6067],"tags":[10110,13822],"class_list":["post-227264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather","tag-heat","tag-hot","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=227264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=227264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=227264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=227264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}