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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Michael Sainato

Record-breaking heatwave shifts east as millions of Americans under heat alert

A group of people stand in front of a cooling mister.
People cool off in misters along the Las Vegas Strip, on 7 July 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photograph: John Locher/AP

A heatwave that impacted the US west coast over the past week is now moving east into the midwest and south-east, as millions of Americans have been under a heat alert at some point in the past week.

“Numerous near record-tying/breaking high temperatures are possible over the central High Plains and Southeast Sunday, and along much of the East Coast by Monday,” reported the National Weather Service.

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