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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

‘It’s become unbearable’: Texas workers toil through extreme heatwave

Construction crews work to repair a road that was damaged from the heat in Houston, Texas.
Construction crews work to repair a road that was damaged from the heat in Houston, Texas. Photograph: Mark Felix/AFP/Getty Images

Last week as the heat dome scorched Texas, Gloria Machuca arrived for work at a McDonald’s in Houston to find the air conditioning wasn’t working. The temperature inside the restaurant was similar to the temperature outside – at least 90F. It was 7.30am..

Temperatures would rise another 10 degrees that day but already, Machuca said, the intense heat was making her eyes burn. She and five of her co-workers walked out on their jobs.

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