HEALTHGUARDIAN US
At least 25 people die in US as record heatwave scorches swaths of country
At least 25 people died in the US due to a record heatwave, with over 20 states reporting temperatures above 100F as a heat dome affected the eastern half of the country. Over 140 million people remained under active heat alerts, disrupting celebrations around the US’s semiquincentennial.
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