WASHINGTON – A record-setting heat wave will continue to blast most of the eastern U.S. on Tuesday, June 24, forecasters said, with temperatures expected to soar to near 100 degrees for tens of millions of people.
This comes a day after temperatures topped 100 degrees in both Newark, New Jersey, and downtown Baltimore and thousands of customers lost power due to the excessive heat.
Extreme heat warnings and heat advisories remained in place all the way from St. Louis to Boston on June 24, the National Weather Service said. Other cities enduring these alerts include Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and New York City.
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"Dangerous heat will maximize across much of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic early this week," said AccuWeather meteorologist Jacob Hinson in an online forecast June 23.
