A record-breaking heatwave scorched the US East Coast this week, causing infrastructure damage, power outages, and numerous health issues. Roads buckled, trains were delayed, and heat-related illnesses surged, leading to hospitalizations and even deaths. Millions remain under heat warnings. Scientists strongly link this extreme heat to climate change, highlighting the increasing frequency and intensity of such events due to fossil fuel emissions. Multiple daily temperature records were broken across multiple states.

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