Dangers worsen as long heat wave grips Southwest without relent
Huge swaths of the U.S., including California, are expected to see warmer-than-average temperatures in August, government forecasters say.In California’s Central Valley, temperatures have lingered at or above 100 degrees for the majority of the month, including a consecutive run of 14 triple-digit days in Fresno. Bakersfield has seen 15 days of triple-digit temperatures this July, with a 10-day streak ending Tuesday when it dropped to 99 degrees.
In Phoenix, temperatures are so high that people are suffering pavement burns from sidewalks, which are sizzling at temperatures of up to 170 degrees. “Heat waves are measured both in terms of intensity and duration, and I think this particular one is breaking records in both categories,” said Jacobs, of the University of Arizona. “And particularly, it’s concerning because the nighttime temperatures are so high, and that makes it very difficult for people to recover at night from all that heat during the day.”Unusually strong heat waves are becoming more common due to the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, researchers say.
There are other factors that may be behind July’s simmering heat, UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said. They include the, which shot record-breaking amounts of heat-trapping water vapor into the stratosphere.
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