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Extreme weather provides 'vivid images' of what to expect with climate change

The harsh reality of climate change has shown its searing-hot face over the past several days. More than 1,900 high temperature records were broken or tied during the last week of June in a heat wave that stretched from California to Massachusetts. Along with the hot temperatures came extreme weather with deadly results.

Several cities set all-time high record temperatures between June 29 and July 1, according to the National Weather Service. A few of the hottest locations: 106 degrees in Atlanta; 108 degrees in Macon, Ga.; 109 degrees in Columbus, S.C.; 109 degrees in Nashville; and 104 degrees in Washington, D.C.

Climate Central points out it's unusual for all-time high records to be broken in June, since July and August typically have more intense heat events. For the year, to date, there have been 40,113 warm temperature records set or tied in the United States. Warm temperature records have been outnumbering cold-weather records by 7-to-1.

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The mid-Atlantic also faced devastating extreme weather, as a powerful storm called a "derecho" swept through Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and other states, killing 22 people. More than 2 million people are without power (or air-conditioning) as sweltering temperatures continue in the region.

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