RENO, Nev. (AP) — Records fell Thursday in the U.S. Southwest as temperatures topped 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) from southeastern California to Arizona, where the region’s first heat wave of the year was expected to maintain its hold for at least another day. Although the official start of summer was still two weeks … Read more
PHOENIX (AP) – The first heatwave of the season The Southwest is already in the grip of triple-digit temperatures as firefighters in Phoenix – America’s hottest big city – employ new tactics in hopes of saving more lives in a county that has seen 645 heat-related deaths last year. Starting this season, Phoenix firefighters are … Read more
PHOENIX (AP) — Parts of California, Nevada and Arizona are expected to heat up this week as the first heat wave of the season arrives with triple-digit temperatures forecast for areas like Phoenix, which summer last. had a record 31 consecutive days at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius). By Wednesday, most of an area … Read more
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials have closed the state’s entire coastline to mussel harvesting because of an “unprecedented” outbreak of seafood poisoning that has sickened at least 20 people. They also banned the harvest of razor clams, clams and oysters in parts of the Oregon Coast. “We had a paralytic seafood poisoning event in … Read more
Vermont became the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damages caused by climate change after the state suffered as a result. catastrophic summer floods and damage caused by other extreme weather conditions. Republican governor. Phil Scott allowed the bill to become law without his signature … Read more
HOUSTON (AP) — Scattered power outages Wednesday in storm-weary Texas could persist into the weekend after storms flooded the streets of Houston for the second time this month and ripped off roofs in Dallas, killing a teenager and injuring others. The teen was killed Tuesday at a construction site while working on a house that … Read more
BARNSLEY, Ky. (AP) — Devin Johnson’s life was turned upside down for a second time when a tornado leveled his home during the Memorial Day Weekend — on the same lot of homeless people in Kentucky where another storm left him in 2021. Johnson, 21, on Tuesday saw workers using chainsaws to cut debris from … Read more
HOUSTON (AP) — Severe storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail slammed Texas Tuesday, leaving more than a million businesses and homes without power as much of the United States was recovering from severe weather, including tornadoes, which killed at least 24 people during this period. on the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Widespread outages were … Read more