ThinkProgress: It`s been a week of wild weather in Philadelphia. A heat wave has been baking the city so badly residents are noticing not only the consistently scorching temperatures but also that nights are staying hotter than they ever remembered. A thunderstorm roared through on Monday and forecasters issued warnings about flash floods on the last night of the Democratic National Convention.
These shifts are expected to intensify as climate change amplifies the effect of worsening heat waves around the world...