![]() ![]() Parts of the desert in Southern California, Nevada and Arizona will likely top 120 degrees Saturday, the weather service said. 'Oppressively hot': Southwest sees triple digits Youman said Las Vegas Fresno, California and Flagstaff, Arizona, are among the areas forecasted to approach or hit record highs. "We're expecting a large dome of high pressure to build overhead," Accuweather meteorologist Mike Youman told USA TODAY. Scientists say the recent record-breaking heat is evidence of climate change stoked by fossil fuel emissions. In Death Valley, California, which has recorded the hottest temperatures anywhere in the world, temperatures are poised to hit 130 degrees, while the weather service said daytime highs from the Great Valley region of California to the Desert Southwest will hit between 105 and 115 degrees Saturday. Nearly 730,000 Americans also were under excessive heat watches.īetween Saturday and Sunday, there are 45 record-high temperatures forecast in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Oregon and Idaho, the National Weather Service said. More than 34 million people were under excessive heat warnings, and 61 million under heat advisories from the weather service as they woke on Friday morning. has been hit by an unrelenting wave of near record-breaking temperatures in recent days and weeks, which forecasters say is intensifying. Much of the south-central and western U.S. This weekend, "a searing heat wave is set to engulf much of the West Coast, the Great Basin, and the Southwest," the National Weather Service said. Millions of Americans were under heat warnings and watches across the West and the South on Friday with multiple cities expected to shatter heat records, and it's only going to get worse and more dangerous over the weekend, officials say. Temperatures closer to the Pacific coast were less severe, but still made for a sweaty day on picket lines in the Los Angeles area where actors joined screenwriters in strikes against producers.Watch Video: Heat index, explained: This is how heat waves are measured In Boise, Idaho, churches and other nonprofit groups were offering water, sunscreen and shelter. In New Mexico’s largest city of Albuquerque, splash pads will be open for extended hours and many public pools were offering free admission. The Southern Nevada Health District said seven people have died since April 11, and a total of 152 deaths last year were determined to be heat-related.īesides casinos, air-conditioned public libraries, police station lobbies and other places from Texas to California planned to be open to the public to offer relief at least for part of the day. Regional health officials in Las Vegas launched a new database Thursday to report “heat-caused” and “heat-related” deaths in the city and surrounding Clark County from April to October. The man kept his home thermostat at 80 F (26.7 C), concerned about his electric bill with air conditioning operating constantly to combat high nighttime temperatures. Morim said he has treated tourists this week who spent too long drinking by pools and became severely dehydrated a stranded hiker who needed liters of fluids to regain his strength and a man in his 70s who fell and was stuck for seven hours in his home until help arrived. Ashkan Morim, who works in the ER at Dignity Health Siena Hospital in suburban Henderson. ![]() “We’re getting a lot of heat-related illness now, a lot of dehydration, heat exhaustion,” said Dr. The heat was expected to continue well into next week as a high pressure dome moves west from Texas. ![]() “I think that it’s a time for maximum community vigilance.” “This weekend there will be some of the most serious and hot conditions we’ve ever seen,” said David Hondula the city’s chief heat officer. Phoenix marked the city’s 15th consecutive day of 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) or higher temperatures on Friday, hitting 116 degrees Fahrenheit (46.6 degrees Celsius) by late afternoon, and putting it on track to beat the longest measured stretch of such heat. Everyone needs to take this heat seriously, including those who live in the desert,” the National Weather Service in Las Vegas said in a tweet. “This heatwave is NOT typical desert heat due to its long duration, extreme daytime temperatures, & warm nights. Meteorologists in Las Vegas warned people not to underestimate the danger. ![]()
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