More than 170 million people are under heat alerts across the central united states, the midwest, the southeast and the east coast, with some areas feeling temperatures as high as 115 degrees. An excessive heat warning — the national weather service’s highest alert — was in effect for about 36 million people, or about 10% of the population. Nearly 160 million people are under heat alerts from eastern texas to maine, as temperatures are forecast to be as much as 20 degrees fahrenheit above seasonal averages. Parts of new england could get record highs, and 15 million people are already under extreme heat warnings. A sweltering heat wave across the u.s Southwest will send san diego county’s temperatures soaring into dangerous territory for most of the county this week.
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