PHOTOS: Atlanta is in for a week of heat

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Atlanta braces for a week of temperatures in the high 90's

Atlanta firefighters responded to the report of a High-rise fire Tuesday morning, June 25, 2024 at Twelve Atlantic Station Condos Atlanta located at 361 17th Street. With outside temperatures already on the rise firefighters ascended multiple stories of the High-rise with heavy equipment only to find no sign of fire. (John Spink/AJC)

Blake Hales with Reedwick LLC installed traffic signal lights in the heat at Memorial Drive and Martin Street SE in Atlanta dealing with temperatures close to record highs on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The highest temperature recorded on June 25 was 99 degrees set in 1988. Tuesday, the city was expected to top out around 97 degrees. The average is 88 degrees. (John Spink/AJC)

Seth Williams with Reedwick LLC installed traffic signal lights in the heat at Memorial Drive and Martin Street SE in Atlanta dealing with temperatures close to record highs on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The highest temperature recorded on June 25 was 99 degrees set in 1988. Tuesday, the city was expected to top out around 97 degrees. The average is 88 degrees. (John Spink/AJC)

Andrea Alvarez, left, and Emily Cadena, with Overall Murals set up a shade umbrella to help keep cool while working on a mural along the Eastside Beltline in Atlanta on Monday, June 24, 2024. (Ben Gray / Ben@BenGray.com)

A Fairway Electric Inc. worker watches maintenance work on a telephone pole in Atlanta on Monday, June 24, 2024. (Seeger Gray / AJC)

Workers look out from a window at a construction site in Atlanta on Monday, June 24, 2024. (Seeger Gray / AJC)

A Fairway Electric Inc. worker conducts maintenance on a telephone pole in Atlanta on Monday, June 24, 2024. (Seeger Gray / AJC)

Construction workers work on William Holmes Borders Senior Drive SE and Gartrell Drive SE in Atlanta on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Seeger Gray / AJC)

Patrick Kopp walks a dog on Piedmont Avenue NE in Atlanta on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Seeger Gray / AJC)

Landscape maintenance technician Josh Conley washes the exterior of the Piedmont Park Visitors' Center in Atlanta on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Seeger Gray / AJC)

Stunt actors (from left) Brandon Martinez and Nathan Kayn practice sword fighting at Piedmont Park in Atlanta on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Seeger Gray / AJC)

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Metal worker Sergio Becerril hydrates after finishing work at a site near the Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. “I start working at 6:00 am, and by the time I’m done, I probably drink 10 bottles of water,” Becerril said. (Miguel Martinez / AJC)

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