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Over a third of US population urged to stay indoors amid record-breaking heat
More than 125 million people under heat alerts as record high temperatures set throughout US, particularly in the south-west
More than 100 million Americans have been advised to stay indoors amid record-breaking heat, with experts warning that such temperatures could become the norm amid the climate crisis.
By Wednesday as many as 107.5 million people, more than a third of the US population, had been warned to stay inside, as a potentially lethal combination of extreme heat and humidity settled over much of the country.
The heatwave stretched from parts of the Gulf coast in the south to the Great Lakes in the midwest, the National Weather Service (NWS) Prediction Center said.
More than 125 million people were also under heat alerts, including heat advisories and excessive heat warnings, CNN reported.
“This is a day where not only folks who are susceptible to heat-related illnesses, but really just about anybody that’s going to be outside for an extended period of time is at risk for heat-related illnesses,” Matt Beitscher, a NWS meteorologist based in St Louis, told CNN.
Record high temperatures were set throughout the US, particularly in the south-west, prompting cities to try to find ways to cope with potentially lethal heat.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/15/us-weather-heat-warnings-alerts-record-temperatures
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