Houston slogs through brutal heat: ‘Hottest weather I’ve ever seen’

HOUSTON — Soaring, record-breaking temperatures this week pushed Houston thermometers into uncharted territory, forcing residents of Texas’s largest city to stay indoors with shades pulled low and air conditioners turned up high.

The unrelenting heat wave — last month was the hottest June in the city’s history — is putting Houston’s boast as “the most air-conditioned city in the world” to the test.