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Beginning in March 2024, severe heat waves impacted Mexico, the Southern and Western United States, and Central America, leading to dozens of broken temperature records, [1] mass deaths of animals from several threatened species, water shortages requiring rationing, [2] increased forest fires, and over 155 deaths in Mexico with 2,567 people suffering from heat-related ailments. [3]
A strong heat dome is causing the extreme conditions. Temperatures could get as high as 25 degrees above normal in many areas. New records could be set in some 200 cities from the Ohio Valley and ...
A lady walks under misters outside a restaurant, Wednesday, July 12, 2023 in Gilbert Ariz. Even desert residents accustomed to scorching summers are feeling the grip of an extreme heat wave ...
Excessive heat warnings and heat advisories were active for 61 million people across the Mississippi Valley, the Midwest and southern New England on Tuesday, the weather service said.
Intense heat continued into August. In early August, a heat wave forced 80 million Americans under heat alerts. [38] Albany, New York set a new daily record high of 99 °F (37 °C) on August 4. [39] On August 7, Portland set a high temperature record of 96 °F (36 °C). [40] Boston set a new daily record high on August 8, at 98 °F (37 °C). [41]
The extreme heat also triggered air quality alerts in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire and Ohio. Forecasts this week have predicted temperatures 10 to 25 degrees ...
The central Chinese city of Wuhan, which hosted an international climate change meeting this week, issued a heat red alert early on Wednesday after temperatures hit 42.2 C (108 F) a day earlier.
As of 14 April, 45 heat-related illness cases have been reported nationwide: 33 cases of heat exhaustion, 11 cases of heatstroke, and one case of heat cramp. [14] At least two heat-related deaths were recorded in Pahang and Kelantan. [1] [15] [16] Drought conditions affected over 75,000 families in the country, including 58,080 families in Sabah.