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Sweltering Midwest heat cancels outdoor plans as cooling centers open and the East braces
DES MOINES, Iowa — Summer camp and other outdoor activities were canceled or delayed Monday as a heat wave held its grip on the Midwest and spread eastward. Communities opened cooling centers and urged people to take it easy and stay hydrated. "Overall, we're looking at just a really hot and humid pattern. It's going to be with us through most of the week," Andrew Ansorge, a meteorologist in Des Moines, Iowa, said of the...
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Summer camp and other outdoor activities were canceled or delayed Monday as a heat wave held its grip on the Midwest and spread eastward. Communities opened cooling centers and urged people to take it easy and stay hydrated. "Overall, we're looking at just a really hot and humid pattern. It's going to be with us through most of the week," Andrew Ansorge, a meteorologist in Des Moines, Iowa, said of the...
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According to PBS News’s linked item, Sweltering Midwest heat cancels outdoor plans as cooling centers open and the East braces, DES MOINES, Iowa — Summer camp and other outdoor activities were canceled or delayed Monday as a heat wave held its grip on the Midwest and spread eastward. Communities opened cooling centers and urged people to take it easy and stay hydrated. “Overall, we’re looking at just a really hot and humid pattern. It’s going to be with us through most of the week,” Andrew Ansorge, a meteorologist in Des Moines, Iowa, said of the…
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