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  "slug": "extreme-heat-wave",
  "title": "Extreme HEAT WAVE",
  "canonical_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/signals/extreme-heat-wave/",
  "json_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/data/signals/extreme-heat-wave.json",
  "summary": "Widespread, life-threatening heat domes in the US and Europe causing high mortality risk and broad public-health warnings",
  "why_now": "Weather specialists and major outlets issued aggregated warnings and mortality reports, moving the story into an emergency-information phase requiring rapid public dissemination.",
  "evidence_summary": "Not specified",
  "caveat": "Low uncertainty about event severity; medium uncertainty about duration and cascading impacts (wildfires, outages) which depend on evolving meteorological conditions.",
  "signal_type": "Local News / Civic Event",
  "score": 95.0,
  "score_field": "adjusted_score",
  "state": "PUBLISH",
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Heat wave will smash records in East, Midwest through July 4",
      "source": "The Weather Channel",
      "url": "https://weather.com/2026/07/01/forecast/national/heat-wave-fourth-of-july-week-midwest-south-east"
    }
  ],
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      "Jobs": "202607020026_signal_Jobs.txt",
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