The United States is facing a “dangerous” heat wave this weekend that is especially affecting the west of the country, where unprecedented temperatures are expected, the National Weather Service (NWS) announced this Saturday.
The high temperatures recorded in recent days continue today and will extend throughout the week. According to the NWS, in the west it will be between 10 and 20 degrees Fahrenheit above average during the day.
Thus, in central California it is expected to reach between 100 and 110 degrees Fahrenheit (between and 43.3 degrees Celsius), and between 115 and 120 degrees Fahrenheit (46.1 to 48.8 degrees Celsius) in the southern desert of that State, as well as in southern Nevada and Arizona.
The Meteorological Service specified that although the epicenter of these high temperatures is located in the southwest of the country, in the south of Florida, on the other coast, a sultry situation will persist, with high levels of humidity and temperatures up to 110 degrees Fahrenheit in the afternoons.
No rain is expected in the American West, unlike in the Northeast, where the NWS has issued a flood watch. «There is also potential for strong storms in the center,» added his bulletin.
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This Saturday, the Union of Conscious Scientists (UCS) pointed out that 143 million of the approximately 332 million inhabitants of the United States are under an extreme weather alert. His tool counts those affected by wildfires, floods, tropical storms or maximum heat.
His calculations emphasize that 33% of people who have currently received such alerts live in areas considered disadvantaged. The so-called “danger season”, as he recalls, is the period between May and October in which North America experiences its worst “climate impacts”.
EFE
