US swelters on Independence Day with over 150m people under heat alerts
Briefly

This is going to be a severe, prolonged, potentially record-breaking heatwave, said the climate scientist Dr Daniel Swain... temperatures are expected to spike up to 115F (46C)... The heat will spread north into Oregon and Washington and send highs soaring throughout the western region.
All-time heat records could be broken in several locations... Expressing the rarity of this early-July heatwave, NWS forecasters wrote... The agency cautioned anyone in impacted areas to stay inside, stay hydrated, and to check on vulnerable neighbors.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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