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Beginning in March 2024, severe heat waves impacted Mexico, the Southern and Western United States, and Central America, leading to dozens of broken temperature records, [1] mass deaths of animals from several threatened species, water shortages requiring rationing, [2] increased forest fires, and over 155 deaths in Mexico with 2,567 people suffering from heat-related ailments. [3]
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 ...
In late June 2012, much of North America began experiencing a heat wave, as heat spread east from the Rocky Mountains. During the heat wave, the June 2012 North American derecho (one within a series) caused violent storms that downed trees and power lines, leaving 3 million people in the eastern U. S. without power on 30 June. [41]
A long-running heat wave that has already shattered previous records across the U.S. persisted on Sunday, baking parts of the West with dangerous temperatures that caused the death of a ...
Intense heat continued into August. In early August, a heat wave forced 80 million Americans under heat alerts. [38] Albany, New York set a new daily record high of 99 °F (37 °C) on August 4. [39] On August 7, Portland set a high temperature record of 96 °F (36 °C). [40] Boston set a new daily record high on August 8, at 98 °F (37 °C). [41]
A slow-moving and potentially record-setting heat wave is spreading across the Western U.S., the National Weather Service said, sending many residents in search of a cool haven from the ...
Across the Northeast and New England, the heat wave will last the next five days but breaks on Tuesday. New York City may face its longest heat wave in a decade. The last time the city saw seven ...
The extreme heat resulted in 569 deaths in Phoenix. [21] The summer heat wave resulted in Texas experiencing its second hottest summer on record in 2023, with the full year being its hottest on record. Over 300 people died from heat in Texas in 2023, the most since the state began tracking such deaths in 1989. [22]