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Heat domes, like the one sending temperatures soaring from the Midwest to New England and across the eastern U.S. in 2024, occur when a persistent region of high pressure traps heat over an area. A heat dome can linger for days to weeks, leaving the people, crops and animals below to suffer through stagnant, hot air that can feel like an oven.
Millions in US prepare for more sweltering heat. Floodwaters inundate parts of Midwest
https://apnews.com/article/heat-severe-weather-tornadoes-45e54e79787626…
Relentless heat wave threatens eastern US with record temperatures https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2024/06/21/heat-wave-weeken…
Piping-hot heat dome cooks New Yorkers all across the Big Apple: photos
https://nypost.com/2024/06/21/photos/piping-hot-heat-dome-cooks-new-yor…
Haj Heat Deaths
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/egyptian-haj-death-toll-rises…