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Southern U.S. under extreme weather advisory as "heat dome," humidity build

70 million people in southern U.S. states from Texas to the Carolinas are scorching in the sun amid a major heat wave. Rob Marciano has the story and the forecast.

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Southern U.S. under extreme weather advisory as "heat dome," humidity build
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