text:  One meteorologist describes this as the most extreme heat wave on record in Las Vegas, dating back to 1937. Heat advisories are also in effect in areas of Florida and from the Carolinas to New England. More than 1.5 million homes and businesses in Texas are still without power as a result of Hurricane Beryl. The storm came ashore along the Gulf Coast on Monday between Galveston and Corpus Christi as a Category 1 hurricane.