More than half of U.S. under heat alerts as deadly dome expands

Name: More than half of U.S. under heat alerts as deadly dome expands
Uploaded: 2023-07-27T19:10:48-0400
Duration: 4 min 3 s
Description: The United Nations said temperature records show July is on track to be the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, and likely the warmest human civilization has ever seen. Over 180 million Americans -- more than half of the U.S. population -- were under heat alerts Thursday, from the Southwest to the Northeast. CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi has the latest from New York.

The United Nations said temperature records show July is on track to be the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, and likely the warmest human civilization has ever seen. Over 180 million Americans -- more than half of the U.S. population -- were under heat alerts Thursday, from the Southwest to the Northeast. CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi has the latest from New York.