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The United States is currently grappling with, or on the cusp of experiencing, a barrage of extreme weather events stretching across nearly its entire expanse. From torrential downpours in Hawaii to scorching heat in the Southwest, and from heavy snowfall in the Great Lakes to an Arctic chill gripping the Midwest and East, the nation faces a period of widespread meteorological volatility.
This forecast of widespread extremes follows a dramatic "weather whiplash" that has already affected much of the East Coast. Washington, D.C., for instance, saw residents enjoying record-breaking temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius in shorts on Wednesday, only for snow to fall the very next day.
