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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Gloria Oladipo

Over a third of US population urged to stay indoors amid record-breaking heat

A visitor holds a water bottle to their head to cool off at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC in May.
A visitor holds a water bottle to their head to cool off at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC in May. Photograph: Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

More than 100 million Americans have been advised to stay indoors amid record-breaking heat, with experts warning that such temperatures could become the norm amid the climate crisis.

By Wednesday as many as 107.5 million people, more than a third of the US population, had been warned to stay inside, as a potentially lethal combination of extreme heat and humidity settled over much of the country.

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