As much of the Eastern U.S. experiences potentially record-breaking daytime temperatures, the nights are also staying unusually warm, leaving the human body no time to recover.
The sun begins to rise over the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Thursday in Washington, D.C. Temperatures in the nation's capital are expected to top 100 degrees as a heat wave stretching from the Midwest to the East Coast impacts up to 90 million Americans.
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