And it would mean that much of the United States, from Los Angeles to Kansas to the nation's capital, would feel like an unbearable oven in the summer.

BBC: Jim Yong Kim

And in the middle of summer, it's mostly unbearable.

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On average Baghdadis receive eight to 12 hours of national electricity a day, which makes life in the summer -- when temperatures easily reach 120 degrees -- almost unbearable.

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