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Around 162 million under heat alerts
Brutal heat affecting 162 million people spans more than half the country, with record temperatures and humidity in the Midwest to the East Coast. Massive wildfires in Utah and Colorado produce visible smoke plumes. NBC News reporter Shaquille Brewster covers the situation from Chicago.
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