Waves of extreme heat traverse the US this week
CNN
Two rounds of excessive heat will grip a large part of the country this week, impacting people from the Plains to the Midwest and the Northeast.
Heat advisories are in place for more than 30 million people from Oklahoma and Arkansas to Minnesota.
"Daytime highs will likely reach into the upper 90s to low 100s, and heat indices perhaps reaching 110 degrees when combined with high dewpoints," the Weather Prediction Center said in its morning discussion Tuesday.
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