The increasing intensity hasn’t gone unnoticed among workers who have to brave the dangerous conditions, but “no one in the valley is allowed to talk,” Jeff, a valet and porter said. Summer weather is increasingly encroaching on spring, with less and less room for relief. Heatwaves are not only getting hotter, they are also becoming more frequent. The changes are particularly pronounced in Sin City and its surrounding areas, which is warming faster than almost anywhere else in the US. “In fact, Nevadans say, they are already noticing and impacted by these changes. “Nevada’s climate is changing,” the Nevada government’s Climate Initiative website reports. On hot days, the highways and roads are littered with broken-down automobiles – commuter cars, ambulances, delivery trucks and buses that overheat as they made their way to and from the city-center. Las Vegas’s population is booming and the city is sprawling into the surrounding desert. Driven by the climate crisis and intensified by the city’s expansive growth, Vegas is already cooking – and it is going to get worse. Researchers predict this week’s heatwave to be the first of several to hit the US south-west before the summer ends. It also said global warming made the extreme temperatures at least 150 times more likely to occur.A man struggles to cross the street as the temperatures reach 116F on the strip. and Canada would have been "virtually impossible" without the influence of climate change. That study said that last week’s deadly and record-breaking heat wave in parts of the Western U.S. "Confidence is very high for a dangerous heat wave to persist through Monday and maybe into Tuesday," the weather service said.Īnd as for the influence of human-caused climate change, every heat wave occurring today is made more likely and more intense by climate change, a study released this week found. "Extreme heat will significantly increase the potential for heat-related illnesses," the weather service warned. Is another dangerous weather event developing this weekend? Heat wave warning: Pacific Northwest heat wave shattered temperature records. Heat domes have occurred more frequently as global temperatures have increased over the years. The predicted exceptional temperatures this weekend are linked to a "heat dome," or a ridge of high pressure, establishing itself over the Four Corners region of the Southwest U.S., the Capital Weather Gang said. Temperatures were so hot in the Pacific Northwest and Canada last week, the heat may have killed more than one billion seashore animals living along the coastline, Chris Harley, a marine biologist at the University of British Columbia, told several news outlets. June 2021 was the hottest June in 127 years of record-keeping, surpassing the record set in 2016, NOAA said. is already reeling from its hottest June on record, according to a report released Friday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Global warming to blame?: The heat wave in the West 'virtually impossible' without climate change More than 32 million people in the West live where an excessive heat warning or heat advisory is in effect, the National Weather Service said. "Some locations may tie or break their high temperature record for the day," the National Weather Service Sacramento wrote on Twitter early Saturday. Las Vegas' all-time high is 117 degrees and Sacramento's is 115 degrees. Do not put yourself, nor first responders in danger!" the National Weather Service Las Vegas said. "These extreme temps are NO joke! Be mindful before heading outdoors this weekend. Temperatures were creeping upward again Saturday and hit 123 degrees in the early afternoon. this weekend, meteorologists say.Īll-time record high temperatures could be registered in cities such as Las Vegas and Sacramento, while notorious hot spot Death Valley has already recorded a temperature only few degrees short of Earth's hottest ever measured.įorecasters with the National Weather Service said Death Valley hit 130 degrees Friday afternoon, but the observed high temperature was considered preliminary and needs to be validated. Watch Video: Heat wave brings record highs to Pacific Northwest, residents reactĪnother blistering, brutal heat wave is forecast to scorch much of the western U.S.
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