“It’s hell”: Relentless US heat wave – up to 46 degrees

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The National Weather Service NWS again warned of the “oppressive and extremely dangerous heat wave”. “From South Florida to the Gulf Coast to the Southwest, more than 80 million people remain on either an excessive heat warning or heat warnings,” according to the NWS.

In Southern California, where the thermometer reached 41 to 43 degrees Celsius in some places on Saturday, there were similarly harsh temperatures on Sunday. Up to 46 degrees were expected in parts of California, Nevada and Arizona, according to the NWS.

52 degrees in Death Valley

In California’s famous Death Valley, one of the hottest places in the world, it was 52 degrees Celsius on Sunday. Visitors to the national park got a sense of “life-threatening daytime heat,” according to the NWS, which is expected to last into Tuesday night. The heat felt like “burning” on the skin, Eliana Luna told MSNBC on Sunday. “You feel the heat running down your back.”

The town of Idyllwild east of Los Angeles at an altitude of 1645 meters above sea level set a new heat record of 37.7 degrees on Saturday.

In Phoenix, in the southwestern state of Arizona, 45 degrees was reached on Sunday – for the city it was the 17th day in a row with high temperatures above 43 degrees. The city has an extreme heat warning through Wednesday evening.

First warning ever for extreme heat

For Miami, Florida, the weather service issued an extreme heat warning for the first time on Sunday, expecting a “felt” temperature of 44 degrees due to the mix of heat and humidity. “It’s hell, it’s hot, it’s unbelievably hot,” holidaymaker Lola Cee told AFP news agency on the famous Ocean Boulevard. “I’ve never experienced such heat,” she added.

Residents of the city of Houston, Texas, were asked to conserve energy between 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. Monday to relieve strain on the power grid.

Long duration is unusual

“This heat wave is not typical desert heat,” the NWS Las Vegas office said on Twitter Thursday. “Their long duration, the extreme daytime temperatures and warm nights” are unusual, the weather service said.

Heat is the deadliest weather phenomenon in the United States most years. According to scientists, climate change is making heat waves more frequent, hotter and longer lasting.

Meanwhile, authorities in the eastern state of Pennsylvania said five people died in flooding caused by heavy rains. Two children were still missing after Saturday’s storm. According to this, 18 centimeters of rain fell within an hour. Cars were swept away by the water masses. (AFP/neo)

Source: Blick