43 million Americans could experience temperatures topping 100 degrees this week

ByMatthew Cappucciand

Jason Samenow

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/01/heatwave-northwest-lower48-us-plains/

UpdatedAugust 1, 2022 at 1:35 p.m. EDT|PublishedAugust 1, 2022 at 1:28 p.m. EDT

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Large parts of the Lower 48 are set to bake this week after a punishing, prolonged heat wave that set records in the Pacific Northwest edges east and south. Few regions will be spared as the heat expands into different areas each day, scorching the Northern Rockies on Monday, the central states Tuesday and Wednesday, and the Northeast by Thursday.

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