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,

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.

Findlay and Hancock County are included in a Heat Advisory issued by the National Weather Service. The Heat Advisory goes from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Heat index values of above 100 degrees are expected.

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 released a heat advisory at 10:42 p.m. on Monday in effect until Tuesday at 9 p.m. for Blount, Etowah, Calhoun, Cherokee, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Chilton,

Heat index values could rise to 110-112 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Higher rain chances later in the week could offer relief.

The National Weather Service issued Extreme Heat Watches and Flood Advisories throughout Illinois. Here's the forecast.

The National Weather Service has issued another heat advisory for Central Florida, which includes Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando.