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A heat wave currently roasting the southeastern US is expected to spread into the country’s Midwest and northeast, potentially affecting nearly 250 million people, with temperatures up to 40C.

Heatwave expected to spread to 250m Americans in midwest and north-east

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/14/heat-wave-temperatures-midwest-north-east

Scorching temperatures have already swept south-east where Florida is now grappling with severe flooding

Heatwave expected to spread to 250m Americans in midwest and north-east

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toilet_wolf

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I remember as a kid during the summer in my area we would have maybe like a few days or a week of heat and that would be the heat wave for the year. Then it became 1-2 weeks of heat, then multiple heatwaves per year, and now it's just common for the heat to hang around all summer and then a solid 2ish months of high temps from like October to mid/late November. Last year I was wearing my summer clothes through early December. very cool and not concerning at all

TechnoUnionTypeBeat

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I was just fucking thinking the same

I remember seeing 30C for the first time in my teens and thinking how unusual it was. It was one single day in the dead of August

Now it remains that from April to October