Her bedroom was 100 degrees during Phoenix heat wave — and her A/C was out
1 year, 4 months ago

Her bedroom was 100 degrees during Phoenix heat wave — and her A/C was out

LA Times  

It was just before dinnertime on Day 16 of the worst heat wave in Phoenix history, and the temperature outside Karen Shute’s suburban home was 117 degrees. “But I thought, OK, I’m a big girl — I can make it for 24 hours,” Shute recalled later. Outside, the afternoon heat reached 113 degrees — Day 17 in the streak of highs reaching at least 110. :: Inside a two-bedroom condo in Chandler, another Phoenix suburb, on a Monday afternoon, A/C repairman Chase Allen climbed up a ladder, through a rectangular opening, into the attic. Repair technician Chase Allen shows Karen Shute the damaged capacitor that disabled her air conditioner during a heat wave in Mesa, Ariz., on July 17, 2023.

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California’s heat wave raising health concerns ahead of sports-filled weekend
2 months, 2 weeks ago

California’s heat wave raising health concerns ahead of sports-filled weekend

LA Times  

San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle catches a touchdown pass during last Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. Temperatures are expected to remain 10 to 15 degrees above average for this time of year, with the San Francisco Bay Area and inland Southern California facing major to extreme heat risks. The National …

Brutal heat wave breaks records across Southern California. When will it ease up?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Brutal heat wave breaks records across Southern California. When will it ease up?

LA Times  

Southern California continues to be battered by extreme heat that will continue for one more day after sending temperature records tumbling all weekend. 93-103 degrees; valleys: 103-111 degrees Tuesday: Los Angeles 80s-90s; valleys: 94-102 Wednesday: Los Angeles 70s-80s; valleys mid-80s Thursday: Los Angeles 70s-80s; valleys: mid-80s Records Several heat records were tied or broken across the region Monday, according to …

‘Exceptionally dangerous situation’: Historic California heat wave putting millions at risk
5 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Exceptionally dangerous situation’: Historic California heat wave putting millions at risk

LA Times  

Construction workers on a home-building site Monday in Fontana. California Extended California heat wave brings extreme health, fire risk; power shutoffs likely California’s longest heat wave of the year, bringing triple-digit temperatures, fire danger and air quality concerns, is expected to arrive Tuesday. “An exceptionally dangerous situation is expected to unfold over the next week as we enter a potentially …

Major heat wave expected to broil much of California over Fourth of July week
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Major heat wave expected to broil much of California over Fourth of July week

LA Times  

A beachgoer leaps over a breaking wave while heading into the water with her body board at Balboa Pier in Newport Beach earlier this month. A major heat wave expected across California over Fourth of July week is already prompting heat warnings for much of the state, with triple-digit temperatures forecast and little overnight relief. Daniel Swain, a UCLA climate …

Tens of millions in the US remain under dangerous heat warnings
6 months ago

Tens of millions in the US remain under dangerous heat warnings

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Extreme heat alerts continued …

A relentless heat wave that refuses to let up brings danger to California, Southwest
1 year, 4 months ago

A relentless heat wave that refuses to let up brings danger to California, Southwest

LA Times  

Mariah Barnett, 9, and her father, Troy, recline in a pool while trying to beat the 109-degree heat at the McMurtrey Aquatic Center in Bakersfield. “We would not see the kinds of temperatures globally that we’re seeing without climate change — it’s virtually impossible to explain these changes in the absence of climate change,” said Katharine Jacobs, director of the …

Covering the heat wave in sizzling Phoenix, an AP photographer recounts a scare from heat exhaustion
1 year, 5 months ago

Covering the heat wave in sizzling Phoenix, an AP photographer recounts a scare from heat exhaustion

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Heat never scared me before. I’ve spent 23 years covering Phoenix as a photographer for The Associated Press, shooting golf tournaments, baseball games and other outdoor sporting events, the city’s growing homeless population, immigration and crime. But this summer’s record-shattering heat wave has been like no other. Heat features are tough in part because people aren’t stupid enough …

A look at how the desert city of Phoenix copes with summer heat
1 year, 5 months ago

A look at how the desert city of Phoenix copes with summer heat

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — This summer’s punishing heat wave has baked much of the U.S. in sweat-soaked misery. AIR CONDITIONING – A HOT COMMODITY Phoenix backyards are a symphony of humming and whirring beginning in the spring as monster A/C units rattle to life. Air conditioning is so vital in the desert that cities such as Phoenix, Tempe and Scottsdale have adopted …

US Southwest swelters under dangerous heat wave, with new records on track
1 year, 5 months ago

US Southwest swelters under dangerous heat wave, with new records on track

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A dangerous heat wave threatened a wide swath of the Southwest with potentially deadly temperatures in the triple digits on Saturday as some cooling centers extended their hours and emergency rooms prepared to treat more people with heat-related illnesses. Around 200 hydration stations distributing bottles of water and cooling centers where potentially thousands of people can rest in …

Across the US Southwest, people in desert cities like Phoenix are enduring an extreme heat wave
1 year, 5 months ago

Across the US Southwest, people in desert cities like Phoenix are enduring an extreme heat wave

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Even Southwestern desert residents accustomed to scorching summers are feeling the grip of an extreme heat wave smacking Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Southern California this week with 100-degree-plus temps and excessive heat warnings. When the National Weather Service issues an excessive heat warning, three of the city’s most popular hiking trails close from 11 a.m. to 5 …

California avoids outages after day of grid-straining heat
2 years, 3 months ago

California avoids outages after day of grid-straining heat

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — California avoided rolling outages during extreme heat, as operators of the state’s electricity grid continued to warn that unprecedented demand on energy supplies could force them to periodically cut power to some customers. The California Independent System Operator on Wednesday thanked residents and businesses for heeding another “flex alert,” a request to reduce electricity consumption during peak …

California weathers heat wave without rolling blackouts
2 years, 3 months ago

California weathers heat wave without rolling blackouts

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A brutal Western heat wave brought California to the verge of ordering rolling blackouts but the state’s electrical grid managed to handle record-breaking demand. The state’s 39 million people were warned Tuesday that demand — some of it from people cranking up the air conditioning — might outstrip supply as temperatures in many areas soared past 100 …

California heat waves are getting worse. Blame the vicious ‘heat dome’
2 years, 3 months ago

California heat waves are getting worse. Blame the vicious ‘heat dome’

LA Times  

The high-pressure system over most of California is expected to bring record-breaking temperatures, part of a “self-perpetuating” system that is becoming more extreme as climate change worsens. The extreme temperatures that will bear down on California over the next week are the result of a “heat dome,” a phenomenon that typically brings broiling conditions to the state as summer fades …

Extreme heat wave pushing California power grid to limit, with rolling blackouts possible
2 years, 3 months ago

Extreme heat wave pushing California power grid to limit, with rolling blackouts possible

LA Times  

California officials issued a Flex Alert on Wednesday to cope with what’s expected to be the worst heat wave of the year. The worst heat wave of the year is presenting a critical test for California’s overtaxed power grid, with officials warning rolling blackouts are possible without major conservation efforts during a week of scorching temperatures. California officials on Wednesday …

First day of heat wave brings record temperatures to Southern California
2 years, 3 months ago

First day of heat wave brings record temperatures to Southern California

LA Times  

A pedestrian walks along the path at Echo Park Lake on Tuesday in Los Angeles as the region braced for a heat wave expected to last into next week. Woodland Hills reached 112 degrees, breaking the previous daily record of 111 degrees set on Aug. 31, 1998, according to the National Weather Service office in Oxnard. Burbank’s high of 112 …

‘Hot, hot and hot’ — heat wave will bake Southern California starting Friday, with relief a ways off
4 years, 4 months ago

‘Hot, hot and hot’ — heat wave will bake Southern California starting Friday, with relief a ways off

LA Times  

Parkgoers take in the sunset at Signal Hill Park on a warm afternoon on July 31. California Lake fire raises concern as wildfire season heats up The explosive growth of the Lake fire in Los Angeles County has raised worries about the fall fire season “High heat, low humidity means that fires surely will start more readily, but it’s the …

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