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The National Weather Service predicts unprecedented temperatures in the hundreds could hit cities from Denver to Charleston, South Carolina, through Wednesday, with dangerous storms forming on the heat wave’s northern edges.

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Record high temperatures are expected, with Minneapolis projektovano to reach 99 degrees on Tuesday, and Columbia, South Carolina hitting highs near 104 degrees u utorak.

Although heat waves are common during the summer months, they are becoming more severe and prolonged due to man-made climate change, according to brojne studije.

Excessive humidity levels will likely make the weather feel several degrees warmer.

The intense heat is due to a large high pressure zone – often referred to as a toplotna kupola – which has shifted from the Southwest to the lower Mississippi Valley on Monday and is likely to move towards Nashville by Wednesday, objavio je Washington Post.

Severe thunderstorms are predvidjeno from portions of the Midwest into the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley Monday afternoon and evening.

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Last weekend, more than 25 major cities tied or broke record-high temperatures. At 122 degrees, California’s Death Valley was the hottest place in the country on Saturday. Palm Springs and Phoenix followed behind, both with Saturday highs of 114 degrees.

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100 million Americans are under high heat advisories or warnings this week, according to Nacionalna meteorološka služba.

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“It’ll stretch eventually by mid-week from the Great Lakes to the Southern Plains eastward. Not too hot in the northeast yet, more of an average,” Robert Oravec, a lead forecaster with the National Weather Service, told NPR. “It’s a very typical heat wave pattern set up in the Southwest and spreading now into the plains. You’re almost into mid-June now, so it’s not uncommon to see weather patterns that support a heatwave.”

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