US heatwave sets more temperature records

Guardian: With widespread power outages still plaguing a multistate swath from Indiana to Virginia after the severe "derecho" event on Friday night, the late June heat wave continues to make headlines. Numerous all-time high temperature records were set on Saturday, with additional records expected to be set during the first few days of July. Atlanta set an all-time high temperature record on Saturday of 106°F, beating the old record of 105°F set in 1980. Columbus, GA also set an all-time record, with 106°F,...

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