Records tumbled across the Southwest United States on Thursday as temperatures soared past 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) from southeast California to Arizona, where the region’s first heat wave of the year was expected to maintain its grip for at least another day.
Although the official start of summer is still two weeks away, roughly half of Arizona and Nevada were under an excessive heat alert, which the National Weather Service said it was extending until Friday evening. The heat alert for Las Vegas was extended through Saturday.
Just moved from PHX. The politics are just as hostile as the environment. The heat and sun are oppressive.
Why would the records “tumble”, though? That doesn’t make sense. We are setting record highs every day. Where in the world are the records “tumbling” or even falling? Is this an AI headline? We need human journalists to be a thing again.
Just turn up the air-conditioner. Problem solved. Technology defeats nature again! /s
How can a place named Death Valley not be a safe place to live?
Building massive cities in deserts was a stupid idea before climate change became an issue.
I’m sad that way too many people are going to find that out this summer.