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Deadly heat wave scorches Southwest, expands its reach this week
2016-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: According to the calendar, Monday is the first day of summer. For millions of people in the Southwest, from Phoenix to Los Angeles, the extreme heat today will make it feel more like mid-July. High temperatures are forecast to reach nearly 120 degrees Fahrenheit in the Phoenix area, after hitting 118 degrees on Sunday. The 118-degree high temperature was the fifth-warmest day on record there, and if the city were to see a 120-degree high temperature on Monday, it would be only the fourth time...
The Insane Southwest Heat Wave Is Just the Beginning
2016-06-21 15:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jone: This story originally appeared on the Huffington Post and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Deadly, record-breaking heat and wildfires sweeping across the Southwestern US are a clear sign of manmade climate change at work, scientists say. Triple-digit temperatures began scorching Nevada, California, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico early this week. Some of the most intense heat was recorded throughout Arizona, where four hikers died in separate heat-related incidents....
Scorching Hot Southwest Is Climate Change In Action
2016-06-21 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Scientists say if we keep burning fossil fuels at the same rate, pretty soon "what we think of as extreme summer heat" will become "typical." Deadly, record-breaking heat and wildfires sweeping across the Southwestern U.S. are a clear sign of manmade climate change at work, scientists say. Triple-digit temperatures began scorching Nevada, California, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico early this week. Some of the most intense heat was recorded throughout Arizona, where four hikers died in separate...
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Record-Breaking Temperatures in the Southwest: How to Beat Extreme Heat
2016-06-21 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inside Climate News: As record-breaking temperatures across the Southwest soar into triple digits and beyond, residents are advised to take caution in the extreme heat. The heatwave claimed at least two lives over the weekend: a Phoenix man who died of heat exposure while hiking in neighboring Pinal County on Saturday, and a woman who became unresponsive while mountain biking in north Phoenix Sunday morning and died several hours later. With global temperatures continually rising, the number and range of communities...
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New fires erupt in California as heatwave sears Southwest
2016-06-20 19:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: New wildfires erupted Monday near Los Angeles and chased people from their suburban homes as an intense heatwave stretching from the West Coast to New Mexico blistered the region. Towering columns of smoke rose from the San Gabriel Mountains as two fires burning less than 2 miles apart devoured brush on steep slopes above foothill suburbs. Police in the city of Azusa and parts of Duarte ordered several hundred homes evacuated. Others were under voluntary evacuations. "It's crazy. It's super...
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