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The temperature in New York City has reached 100 degrees as the eastern U.S. sweltered under an extreme heat wave.

North Texas will see a brief cool-down and scattered storms today and Thursday before classic Texas summer heat returns, pushing temperatures into the high 90s with a 100+ heat index.

Two firefighters who responded to a raging fire in Norfolk on Tuesday had to be taken to the hospital due to the sweltering conditions outside.