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Sweltering heat wave frazzling much of the eastern United States with 90 million Americans under heat alerts nationwide

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Important Takeaways:

  • Heat wave scorching eastern states with little relief from sweltering temps
  • Record-setting temperatures have already baked much of New England and parts of the Midwest, with little hope of relief into the weekend. Heat indexes — which factor in temperature and humidity — hit between 100 and 110 degrees in some places Thursday.
  • The temperature is forecast to rise in the mid-Atlantic, through the mid-90s Friday and perhaps into the 100s Saturday, with 64 million people still under heat alerts in the region and “record-tying or breaking temperatures possible”
  • Elsewhere, Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 51 Texas counties after the first named storm of the hurricane season, Alberto, made landfall in Mexico bringing heavy rain.
  • On the West Coast, some 26 million people were under heat alerts in California. And in New Mexico a pair of wildfires have forced thousands of people to evacuate, destroyed 1,400 structures and led to the deaths of at least two people.

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Seven million people remain under Florida flood watch; Severe Weather alerts across the US

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Important Takeaways:

  • Florida is bracing for another day of rain and devastating flash flooding despite already reeling from historic rainfall that has left entire neighborhoods underwater.
  • An additional 2 to 5 inches of rain could fall, the fourth straight day of flood concerns for South Florida.
  • Elsewhere in the U.S., 31 million people are under the risk for severe storms Friday across two areas: one across the western high Plains and the other in the Northeast.
  • This weekend 12 million people are under heat alerts across the West and into Southwest Texas with triple-digit highs forecast including a high of 113 in Phoenix forecast Saturday.
  • Highs in the 90s are forecast for the Southeast, where high humidity will make it feel like over 100 degrees.

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