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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Record high temperatures sweep US north-east as tropical storm hits Texas

People play in the middle of a public fountain
People cool themselves off during a heatwave in Boston, Massachusetts, on Wednesday. Photograph: Cj Gunther/EPA

The United States continues to suffer extreme weather as a heatwave baked millions across the upper midwest and north-east and a tropical storm soaked Texas and northern Mexico.

The National Weather Service said the heatwave was expected to peak in the eastern Great Lakes, New England, the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic over the coming weekend.

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