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The summer solstice is at 4:50 p.m. ET Thursday, marking the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. In New York City, the period between sunrise and sunset will stretch just over 15 ...
More than 50 million people across the US are under heat alerts amid a ... just over the city’s 100-degree record from 1945, according to the National Weather Service office in Portland. Eugene ...
Almost 66 million people across the U.S. were under some level of heat alert as of Monday afternoon. ... In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul activated 50 members of the National Guard to help boost the ...
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]
Parts of the U.S. Northeast and Midwest are also wilting under a heat dome, with more than 86 million people under a heat alert on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
A heat advisory is a notice issued by the National Weather Service of the United States. Local offices often have their own criteria. High values of the heat index are caused by temperatures being significantly above normal and high humidities, and such high levels can pose a threat to human life through conditions such as heat stroke. [1]
Flooding, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel during Hurricane Sandy. Flooding was the second highest cause of weather related fatalities in the United States in 2018. [12] The projected 11-21 inches of sea level rise in New York City by 2050 [13] and 4.17–9 feet by 2100 [14] will compound the impacts of coastal flooding.
Nearly 73 million people in the United States were under extreme heat alerts Monday as a heat wave moved eastward, and the mid-Atlantic and New England were likely to see highs in the 90s as the ...