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Rail bridge collapses during Midwest flooding as a heat wave persists across much of the US
Millions of Americans sweated through a scorching weekend as temperatures soared across the U.S., while residents were rescued from floodwaters that forced evacuations across the Midwest. One person died during flooding in South Dakota, the governor said.
Sports
![Christopher Bell won the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/5SRKBYXBLREMPIOJKDASRNFQEU.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Christopher Bell takes the checkered flag on rain tires in the NASCAR Cup race at New Hampshire
Christopher Bell raised a broom over his head and clutched a 24-pound lobster in victory lane all because he earned his third Cup win of the season in an outcome that would have been impossible before this NASCAR season.
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Millions swelter as temperatures soar across the US, while floodwaters inundate the Midwest
Millions of Americans sweated through yet another scorching day as temperatures soared Sunday across the U.S., while residents were rescued from floodwaters that forced evacuations across the Midwest, including in an Iowa town where the flood gauge was submerged. One person was killed during flooding in South Dakota, the governor said.
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Flooding forces people from homes in some parts of Iowa while much of US broils again in heat
Floodwaters forced people out of their homes in parts of Iowa, the result of weeks of rain, while much of the United States longed for relief Saturday from yet another round of extraordinary heat.
World
![A worker distributes water bottles to guests sitting near water coolers to ward off the heat at the swearing-in-ceremony of Narendra Modi as Indian pr](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/3UZT23TBSZALZOGUH3JIOMWKI4.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Billions of people just felt the deadly intensity of climate-fueled heat waves
The scorching heat across five continents in recent days, scientists say, provided yet more proof that human-caused global warming has so raised the baseline of normal temperatures.