


Fifty-five major cities have experienced record temperatures, combining with humidity to create an unbearable steam room effect. Forecasters warn it is set to feel as hot as 46°C over the weekend.
At Dulles Airport in Washington DC, the combined heat and humidity index, or "feels like" temperature, was expected to hit 49°C. And in New York, even overnight temperatures have been as high as 29°C.
- The heat dome currently sitting over two dozen states in the eastern and central US has been in place for most of the week and is not expected to move until tomorrow at the earliest. Residents and tourists have been advised not to go outside during the hottest part of the day and to drink water regularly.

Among the dead have been a three-year-old boy in Oklahoma. In neighboring Missouri 13 were killed by the heat and three elderly people were found dead in separate homes in Kansas.
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