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More than 100 million Americans are under heat warnings and advisories in 28 navodi, from California to New Hampshire.

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Heat indexes (what the air feels like when taking into account humidity in addition to the air temperature) are expected to linger in the 100s to 110s from Oklahoma to Mississippi, with temperatures in the 90s and 100s, through the end of the week, and cities in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic will face temperatures in the mid-90s to high-90s and heat indexes in the 100s, reaching 104 in Newark, N.J., and Filadelfija u četvrtak.

Little Rock faced some of the worst heat Wednesday, hitting 101 degrees and a heat index of 115, followed by Memphis (112); Shreveport, La. (112); Austin, Texas (111); and Dallas (110).

The National Weather Service advises people to take immediate precautions to avoid serious illness or death during an excessive heat warning, which it defines as two-plus days with a heat index at least 105 degrees.

Guvernerka New Yorka Kathy Hochul ohrabrili people to “visit cooling centers, stay indoors and check on vulnerable neighbors,” including older adults and young children, as the heat wave fries the Northeast.

On Tuesday, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson pleaded for a federal disaster deklaracija from the Department of Agriculture, as sweltering heat and drought conditions pose a widespread damage for cropland.

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Climate scientists warn global warming is making heat waves more common and more intense. By 2030, scientists believe nearly every country will experience “extreme” heat every other year, according to a studija published in January in the journal Komunikacije Zemlja i okoliš. Nearly 50 million Americans were under upozorenja o toploti just over a week ago, as a heat wave brought temperatures into the 100s from Tennessee to California, setting records across the South. On July 11, Phoenix set a single-day record, when the temperature reached 115 degrees, one degree hotter than another single-day record it set last month in the midst of a mid-June heat wave that set records across the southwest and brought more than 75 million people under heat advisories or warnings.

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The United Kingdom recorded its hottest day ever Tuesday (104 degrees), as a heat wave swept through Europe that killed 1,000 in Portugal and 500 in Spain, and accelerated požari in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal.

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The heat wave is expected to move north this weekend, bringing 100-degree highs into Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Virginia, before a cold front moves in from Canada, bringing much-needed relief to parts of the Central Plains and Midwest.

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