{"id":111885,"date":"2023-07-16T08:05:42","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T13:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=111885"},"modified":"2023-07-16T08:05:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T13:05:42","slug":"us-heatwave-dangerous-temperatures-could-set-new-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2023\/07\/16\/us-heatwave-dangerous-temperatures-could-set-new-records\/","title":{"rendered":"US heatwave: ‘Dangerous\u2019 temperatures could set new records"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"BBC \u2014 Parts of the US are expected to see record temperatures on Sunday, with warnings of “dangerous” heat levels into next week across the south-west.<\/b><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
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Nearly a third of Americans – about 113 million people – are currently under heat advisories, from Florida to California and up to Washington state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The country’s National Weather Service (NWS) has urged people not to underestimate the risk to life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On Saturday, a sweltering 118F (48C) was recorded in Phoenix, Arizona.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It means temperatures have hit 110F (43C) for 16 days running, which is almost a record.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mobile clinics there have reported treating homeless people suffering from third-degree burns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Meanwhile, Death Valley in California – one of the hottest places in the world – is forecast to reach 129F (54C), nearing the hottest temperatures ever reliably recorded on Earth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The NWS has said that local records could also be set on Sunday in the San Joaquin Valley, Mojave Desert, and Great Basin regions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Its Saturday-evening update said the temperatures would “pose a health risk and are potentially deadly to anyone without effective cooling and\/or adequate hydration”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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About 700 people are estimated to die each year from heat-related causes in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Energy consumption in Texas has surpassed records, as many in the state scramble to stay cool.<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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In neighbouring Canada, officials say wildfires stoked by above-average temperatures – which have covered parts of the US in smoke – have now burned nearly 10 million hectares (25 million acres) of land.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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