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The core of the heat sweltering in the western part of the United States will slowly shift inland into mid-September, but it will take until early this week before coastal areas of Southern ...
On July 5, Palm Springs, California reached 124 °F (51 °C), breaking the record for the city's highest temperature. [16] On July 6, Redding, California saw 119 °F (48.3 °C) temperatures, breaking its all-time record. [17] That day, it was reported that Phoenix, Arizona had seen 13 heat-related deaths in 2024, with 160 more unconfirmed. [4]
The punishing heat wave microwaving Southern California is expected to bring triple-digit temperatures to much of the region for the next few days.
The Santa Anas are katabatic winds (Greek for "flowing downhill") arising in higher altitudes and blowing down towards sea level. [7] The National Weather Service defines Santa Ana winds as "a weather condition [in southern California] in which strong, hot, dust-bearing winds descend to the Pacific Coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions".
2016 Indian heatwave was a record heatwave in April and May of that year. A national record high temperature of 51.0 °C (123.8 °F) was set in the town of Phalodi , in the state of Rajasthan . Over 160 people died with 330 million affected to some degree.
As an unrelenting heat wave enters its 39th consecutive day, millions of people from California to Florida are asking: When will it end? The prospects look grim as a heat dome bounces about the ...
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The 2021 Western North America heat wave was an extreme heat wave that affected much of Western North America from late June through mid-July 2021. [5] The heat wave affected Northern California, Idaho, Western Nevada, Oregon, and Washington in the United States, as well as British Columbia, and in its latter phase, Alberta, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and Yukon, all in ...