it is Projected that Sunday in the shade, the temperature in Death Valley will reach 52 degrees Celsius and Monday will be +53. This is the highest temperature recorded in the area in late summer, according to NBC News.
In some parts of the American West is approaching a long-term heat waves, which will last until next week. More than 34 million people in California and the southwest received warnings. It is assumed that can be installed dozens of temperature records for cities such as Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson and salt lake city.
This thermal phenomenon is particularly dangerous because of the higher than usual humidity. To Sunday in Las Vegas the temperature can reach 44 degrees Celsius in the shade. In Phoenix, there were already a record in the history of observations summer temperature is expected to rise in the next seven days and reaches +46 in the shade and in the sun can exceed +50. The residents of these areas, scientists are advised not to go out during the day from homes and offices.
Noah Difebo, Professor at Stanford University, said that exposure to extreme heat usually affects marginalised groups, including homeless people and families struggling with poverty. According to him, people who have no access to quality housing and systems of air conditioning, tend to be more vulnerable to the effects of heat, and families with limited economic resources do not usually receive priority attention from the systems of emergency response. “A social group which is given priority in emergency situations in case of strong heat, as a rule, more affluent, and with this approach, there are also racial differences,” he said Difebo.
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This heatwave coincides with the fires that erupted in southern California, making the situation even more critical. On Wednesday, in the County of Los Angeles in less than four hours and burned about four thousand hectares of forest land. On Thursday, the fire was localized to only 10%. Dry weather in the area and the inevitable wave of heat to maintain a strong threat of fire in the coming days, observers say.
