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July 6, 2012

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