Aryna Sabalenka is training in Florida at the Evert Academy of Grandview Preparatory School, where she has been working on her fitness and skills.
The Belarusian tennis player, who lives in Florida, is preparing for the season on the North American hard-courts, which will reach its climax at the US Open 2023.
Via Instagram, Aryna shared some photos of her trainings, showing how the place where she is training is under attack from a powerful heat wave.
Sabalenka wrote about it: “Help us!”
In her photos, the tennis player sweats profusely, trying to cool off in the shade or in bags of ice.
Heat wave in the USA: 120 million people in danger
Powerful heat waves have been sweeping the US for at least two weeks. California, Florida, New York, Massachusetts, more than a third of the United States is on heat alert. As reported by ABC, the National Weather Service has raised the alarm for 120 million Americans in 27 states.
Forecasts have announced temperatures above 37.7 degrees in several central cities from Minnesota to Kansas, but also in the capital Washington. Towards the end of the week, the heat will move to the Northeast, with New York likely to see temperatures above 32 degrees Thursday through Sunday.
But the states in the most critical condition are Arizona and Texas. Temperatures of nearly 40 degrees Celsius have been reported in Phoenix for 26 consecutive days and in Maricopa County, which includes the city, there have been 25 deaths since the beginning of the year. Tucson, also in Arizona, reached or exceeded 37.7 degrees for 40 consecutive days, breaking the previous record set in 2013. El Paso, Texas also had near 40 degrees for 40 days in a row. The city’s previous record was 23 days in 1994.
In the Death Valley, one of the warmest places on Earth, the temperature has already reached 52.5°C, with a nighttime low of 36.6°C. According to the Washington Post, these are the highest temperatures in 90 years.
In the next days something should change in some parts of the Country, with temperatures maybe lower.