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Heat Wave Scorches Midwest; Ohio, Virginia Face Ongoing Power Outages

A record-breaking heat wave continues to scorch the Midwest and could be returning eastward. Weather reports this morning said temperatures in the Midwest could reach the triple digits again while overnight lows barely drop into the seventies. In St. Louis, Missouri, authorities have reported at least three heat-related deaths in recent days. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of homes from Ohio to Virginia still remain without power after last week’s violent storms. The extreme weather is part of a pattern that some scientists have described as an early glimpse at the future of global warming.

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