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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Nina Lakhani

US heat dome causes dangerous conditions for more than 100 million people

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The view of New York City from along the riverfront amid an extreme heat warning, in Hoboken, New Jersey, on Friday. Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters

More than a 100 million people in the US will face dangerous conditions over the weekend as a heat dome that has scorched much of the center of the country nudges eastward.

Heat advisories were in place on Friday all across the north-eastern coast from Portland, Maine, to Wilmington, North Carolina, with the daytime heat index temperatures 10 to 15F above average in some places.

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