2023-07-17 02:12:00
“It’s hell” New heat records measured in the USA
7/17/2023 4:12 am
Record temperatures shake the western and southern United States. More than 80 million people are affected by extreme heat. 52 degrees Celsius are measured in Death Valley. A heat warning is issued in Miami for the first time ever.
Across the western and southern United States, millions felt the relentless heat with record high temperatures on Sunday. The National Weather Service NWS once more warned of the “oppressive and extremely dangerous heat wave”. “From southern Florida to the Gulf Coast to the Southwest, more than 80 million people remain on either an excessive heat warning or heat warnings,” the NWS said.
In southern California, where the thermometer rose to 41 to 43 degrees Celsius in some places on Saturday, there were similarly brutal temperatures on Sunday. Up to 46 degrees were expected in parts of California, Nevada and Arizona, according to the NWS.
52 Grad im Death Valley
In the famous Death Valley in California, one of the hottest places in the world, it was 52 degrees Celsius on Sunday. Visitors to the national park got an impression of the “life-threatening daytime heat” according to the NWS, which is expected to last until Tuesday evening. The heat felt like “burning” on the skin, Eliana Luna told MSNBC on Sunday. “You can feel the heat running down your back.” The town of Idyllwild, east of Los Angeles at an altitude of 1,645 meters above sea level, set a new heat record of 37.7 degrees on Saturday 45 degrees reached on Sunday – for the city it was the 17th day in a row with high temperatures above 43 degrees. The city is on an extreme heat warning through Wednesday evening. For Miami, Florida, the weather service issued an extreme heat warning for the first time on Sunday, as a “felt” temperature of 44 degrees was expected due to the mix of heat and humidity . “It’s hell, it’s hot, it’s insanely hot,” vacationer Lola Cee told AFP news agency on the famous Ocean Boulevard. “I’ve never experienced heat like this before,” she added. Residents in the city of Houston, Texas were urged to save energy between 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. Monday through Monday to relieve the grid. Air conditioning systems have massively increased consumption.
“Not typical desert heat”
“This heat wave is not typical desert heat,” the NWS Las Vegas office said on Twitter on Thursday. “Their long duration, 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, in the eastern state of Pennsylvania, authorities said five people were killed in flooding caused by heavy rains. Two children were still missing following Saturday’s storm. According to this, 18 centimeters of rain fell within an hour. Cars were swept away by the water masses.
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