In the west, the heat dome continues to strengthen and move east.
In Texas, entire wheat fields are being ruined by seed sprouting on the standing stalk: the cause is abnormal heat and humidity.
Las Vegas set a record high of 111F (43.8C) , Death Valley 122F (50C) and tens of millions brace themselves for triple digit temperatures and high humidity.
A streak of record-setting #heat that began last summer has now persisted for an entire year across the globe, researchers announced Wed, pushing #Earth closer to a dangerous threshold that the #world’s nations had pledged not to cross.
Temperatures surpassed the 1.5°C #warming threshold over the past year, & scientists warn they will again soon.
A wind-driven fire continued to scorch thousands of acres 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of San Francisco, prompting residents to flee their homes and the closure of two major freeways near the central California city of Tracy
There is nothin like kicking a country when it is down. Having stolen their resources, contributed the largest contribution to Global warming with its effects on lives, the environment and little things such as migration, Western vultures are still allowed to screw them further - before there is anything left.
AP analysis finds 2023 set record for US heat deaths, killing in areas that used to handle the heat - The death certificates of more than 2,300 people who died in the United States last summer mention the effects of excessive heat, the highest number in 45 years of records, according to an Associated Press analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. With May already breaking heat records, 2024 could be even deadlier. #GlobalWarming#ClimateCrisis#ClimateEmergency#ClimateChange#PublicHealthhttps://apnews.com/article/11de21a526e1cbe7e306c47c2f12438d
@extremetemps#globalwarming CARIBBEANS RECORD HEAT
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