Millions face record-high temperatures as heat dome intensifies over US
by Edward Helmore and Erum Salam from on (#6NJVW)
Cities in midwest and north-east brace for heatwave with some to experience highs of 105F - 25 degrees above normal
Extreme heat has begun to hit the US, delivered by a high-pressure weather pattern that the federal weather prediction center says will be potentially the longest experienced in decades for some locations".
According to meteorologists with WeatherBELL Analytics, about 265 million people in the US are forecast to see air temperatures reach or exceed 90F (32C), with many of them experiencing heat indices of about 105F by next Sunday.
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