CNN
—
a record heat wave Spurring devastating wildfires and threatening rolling blackouts in California that have been burning west for days and could last longer due to the effects of a hurricane forming along Mexico’s Pacific coast .
Sacramento hit 115 degrees on Tuesday, making it the capital’s hottest day on record. According to the Japan Meteorological AgencyRecords were also broken across the Bay Area, with some cities beating previous single-day records by more than 10 times.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said, “We’re heading for the worst part right now. The risk of an outage is real.” Tweet He added Tuesday that temperatures in the state were “unprecedented.”
The September heatwave will be the hottest and longest on record in California, he said.
California residents have been urged to do so for days Set the thermostat above 78 degrees – despite the heat – avoid using major appliances and turn off all non-essential lights between 4pm and 9pm.
Pacific Gas and Electric, the largest utility company in the United States, notification Approximately 525,000 customers prepare for potential rolling outages.
Issued by the California Independent Grid Operator, which controls most of California’s power grid emergency alert Grid conditions worsened on Tuesday evening, he said, adding that energy supply was insufficient to cover demand. The alert was lifted after a few hours, The operator thanked “consumer protection”.
Relief was expected on Thursday, but intense heat It is now expected to last until at least Friday.
Hurricane Cay It will bring heavy rain and high winds to the coast of Mexico, but far from its core, the storm will also determine weather patterns in Southern California.
Kay remained about 220 miles (220 miles) south of San Diego as of Friday, according to the Los Angeles National Weather Service, but currents around the storm brought easterly winds to the area, bringing extreme heat to the beach. can bring up to .
The San Diego Weather Service has extended an excessive heat warning for the region through Friday given the possibility of high temperatures of 90 to 100 degrees reaching the coast.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, many heat waves have been recorded in the western part of the country.
In California, San Francisco airport hit 97 degrees on Monday, setting a new daily record. Salinas reached his 103rd, breaking his previous record of 92, set in 2004. Livermore hit an all-time high of 116.
Salt Lake City hit 104 on Monday. This is his hottest September day on record, his 32nd this year with temperatures reaching at least 100 degrees, 11 days above the previous record for him.
Temperatures in Billings, Montana hit 100 degrees on Monday, breaking the previous record. This is the first time Billings has reached 100 degrees her second time in the same September.
Scientists believe that scorching heat Global pattern of temperature riseclimate change is making heat waves hotter and more frequent.
Greenhouse gas emissions from human activity have warmed the planet by about 1.2 degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times, and that high baseline could mean hotter temperatures during extreme heat. Scientists say that means
Hot, dry conditions also mean fires spread faster, burn harder, and burn longer.
At least four people have died in two California wildfires that have destroyed homes and thousands of acres of land over the past week.
Fires burning simultaneously in dry, drought-stricken lands are smothering the hot air with smoke, resulting in unhealthy air quality in parts of the western states.
Images released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show the thick smoke rising from many wildfires can be seen from space.
The fires also displaced thousands of residents as flames spread through communities, uprooting dry vegetation and burning homes and cars.
Two fast-moving people died fairview fire Bloating rapidly into dry vegetation in Southern California on Monday, hundreds of residents were forced to evacuate. The fire had burned 4,500 acres by Tuesday and was 5% contained.
Two women, aged 66 and 73, died in Siskiyou county in the north. Millfire As of Tuesday night, 4,263 acres had been burned and 98 structures destroyed.
Nearby are Forest firealso burned in Siskiyou County, tearing up 11,690 acres.
in Oregon, cedar creek fire Officials say 17,625 acres were consumed in five days after the lightning ignited.
on the other hand, ross fork fire The Idaho forest that caught fire in mid-August continues to burn, engulfing 26,020 acres. Firefighters contained it 2% on Tuesday.
Source: www.cnn.com
