Nation bakes as serious heat wave hits early

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By SETH BORENSTEIN, BRUCE SCHREINER and ROXANA HEGEMAN
Associated Press

If you're feeling hot this week, it's not a mirage. From Montana to Louisiana, hundreds of heat records have been slashed as harrowing temperatures leave cornfields parched and city sidewalks sizzling.

On Tuesday 251 new daily high temperature records were set, boosting to 1,015 the number of records set in the past seven days.

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[Littlejoe]

On Tuesday 251 new daily high temperature records were set, boosting to 1,015 the number of records set in the past seven days.

I live in southern lower Michigan(120 miles from Chicago)..And its to hit here 102 thats just the heat,heat index says 111 degrees..
Michigan and Indiana are in severe "Drought" in fact 10 States are in severe droughts.we haven't had any real rains in 4 months.Half the U.S is on fire most southern states are underwater..