A painter on a ladder braves the searing heat in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles on Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

A small plastic pool is filled with water for children to cool off on a soccer field in Los Angeles, Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A person sits in the shade at a bus stop in Los Angeles, Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A person sits in the shade of trees in a nearly empty park in Los Angeles, Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Daniel Aragonez leaves a cooling center in Los Angeles, Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Pedestrians try to stay in the shade was they walk through misting machines at an outdoor mall, Friday, July 31, 2026, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

FILE - Meghana Jalagam uses a fan to keep cool from the hot weather during a World Cup soccer match between the United States and Bosnia and Herzegovina at a watch party July 1, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Embers smolder inside an olive tree during a wildfire in the Rethymno region on the southern Greek island of Crete, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, where two firefighters died while battling the blaze. (AP Photo/Giannis Angelakis)