Millions of people around the country are under the threat of severe heat and storms.

<div class="block">Millions of people around the country are under the threat of severe heat and storms.</div>

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Extreme Heat, Storms Threatening Majority of U.S.

Millions of people in the US are again under the threat of severe weather. Today. The National Weather Service has 200 million people or about 60% of the US population under a heat alert or the threat of storms. And the majority of the Midwest and northeast are under heat watch or excessive heat warning with the chance of thunderstorms developing across the region in the coming days. And in Phoenix, the temperature finally fell below 90 degrees. This is the first time since July 9 when the region had its first moon sun of the season, but the southwest is still under an excessive heat warning until the beginning of next week.