Extreme heat is settling in over Ohio, making it feel over 100 degrees. Here's the latest forecast and how you can stay cool.

The National Weather Service forecasts a high in the low 90s and a heat index of around 100 for July 24. “We currently have some storms across western Wisconsin right now, and that is potentially going to impact some of the heat risk” in other parts of the state,

A sweltering heat wave will bring dangerously hot conditions to the Chicago area this week, the NBC 5 Storm Team said.

The National Weather Service office in Mobile, Alabama, issued a heat advisory in Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday. Heat index values are forecast to reach as high as 109℉ in portions of south central and southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi.

NWS expects the heat value to go up to 110 degrees. The organization warns that hot temperatures, coupled with humidity, may cause heat illness. Precautionary measures provided by NWS include drinking plenty of water, staying out of the sun and staying in air-conditioned rooms.

The National Weather Service is using new heat alert terminology beginning this summer to improve public awareness and understanding of what the weather service says is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the country,

A heat advisory was released by the National Weather Service on Monday at 12:23 a.m. valid between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. for Geneva and Houston counties.

The National Weather Service already has issued extreme heat warnings, watches and advisories across a swath of the Midwest and South.