Extreme weather hits U.S.
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An oppressive heat wave is making life difficult for millions of people in the American heartland, while a tropical storm stirs along the Gulf Coast. Residents along the Gulf Coast in Louisiana and Texas are bracing for the possible impact of Tropical Storm Edouard. Weather forecasters say the fifth tropical storm of the 2008 season has a twenty percent chance of becoming a hurricane by landfall. Jon Decker reports