Record high temperatures sweep US north-east as tropical storm hits Texas
by Edward Helmore from Environment | The Guardian on (#6NNM4)
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The United States continues to suffer extreme weather as a heatwave baked millions across the upper midwest and north-east and a tropical storm soaked Texas and northern Mexico.
The National Weather Service said the heatwave was expected to peak in the eastern Great Lakes, New England, the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic over the coming weekend.
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