The sweltering misery is coming to an end for the East, but it will come with a noisy bang of thunderstorms later Monday.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
D.C. will feel as hot as Death Valley as record-breaking heat wave scorches most of the US
Record hot temperaturesare likely, says National Weather Service. Heat index is forecast tosurge past 100 degrees and near the 110s in many areas.
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It will be 90 degrees or warmer for nearly 90% of Americans this week
At least 290 million people will swelter through thehottest weather of the summer asa record-breaking heat wave bakes the central andeastern U.S.
‘Dangerous’ heat wave to scorch central, eastern US this week
The hottest weather of the summer is poised to spread across much of the central and then eastern US over the next several days.
‘Breaking’ the heat index: US heat waves to skyrocket as globe warms, study suggests
As the globe warms in the years ahead, days with extreme heat are forecast to skyrocket across hundreds of U.S. cities, a study suggests.
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Tropical depression forecast to form, could become ‘dangerous’ hurricane with ‘damaging winds and deadly storm surge’
TheNational Hurricane Centersaid Tuesday that there’s an 80% chance atropical depression willform this week in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Tropical depression forecast to form in Gulf of Mexico this week, could strengthen into hurricane
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