OMAHA, Neb. — Scorching weather hitting nearly 100 million people across a huge swath of the U.S. forced schools and outdoor workers to scramble to adjust Tuesday — and claimed the life of a 1-year-old girl left in a Nebraska day care center’s van on one of the hottest days of the year. Officers and… Continue reading 1-year-old left in day care van dies as Nebraska temperatures soar in heat wave
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Heatwave descends on the Midwest, generating extreme temperatures
More than 100 million people from the Upper Midwest down to the Gulf Coast are under heat alerts Tuesday, as a brutal heat wave grips a huge swath of the central United States. Heat index values, or the “feels like” temperatures when humidity and air temperatures are combined, are expected to soar well into the… Continue reading Heatwave descends on the Midwest, generating extreme temperatures