Dangerous heat makes flood cleanup more difficult for residents

The First Alert Weather Team is tracking the possibility of record-breaking heat through Tuesday.

Temperatures could reach up to 118° during this heat wave which could be an issue for those still cleaning up the aftermath of Tropical Storm Hilary.

According to the CDC, the most common heat-related illnesses are:

-Heat cramps

-Heat exhaustion

-Heat stroke

Common symptoms for these illnesses include heavy sweating, muscle cramps, cold and clammy skin and nausea or vomiting.

Melissa Lerma has been helping her childhood friend clean up her home in the Panorama community since last Tuesday. Lerma says she has already experienced and seen the extreme impacts of the heat.

“There are people who are throwing up. We've had to leave, it's just becoming too much. Doing this day in, day out it's exhausting," said Lerma.

Lerma says it has been encouraging to see people show up to help with the clean up process, provide resources like food and water and donate to lessen the financial burden.

“Everything that everybody has done, whether it's 30 minutes of time, whether it was dropping off ice or Gatorade, water...all that stuff has been extremely, extremely helpful to everybody," said Lerma.

Rose Millward, with World Central Kitchen, has been stationed in the Panorama neighborhood for the past week. Millward believes it's especially important to provide resources like food, water and Gatorade during this week's heatwave.

“Some volunteers arrive here with just their shovels so we want to provide water, we want to provide Gatorade, we want to provide them a good meal for them. Especially with this breaking heat temperatures, they know that we're here, and they can have those items that they need," said Millward.