Heat wave across much of US feels ‘like Hell’

Forecasters are warning about days of scorching, dangerous heat across a wide stretch of the US South and Midwest, where the heat index will feel as high as 47 C in some spots. With temperatures around 37 C at midday yesterday and ‘‘feels like’’ temperatures soaring higher, parts of 13 states were under heat advisories, from Texas, Louisiana and Florida in the South to Missouri and Illinois in the Midwest, the National Weather Service reported. ‘‘It feels like hell is what it feels like,’’ said Junae Brooks, who runs Junae’s Grocery in Holly Bluff, Mississippi.