Several California communities near the Arizona border had the longest streak in the nation of days that hit 90 degrees or higher in 2022, according to new U.S. Census data.
As a second July heat wave is expected to broil the state, officials warn that the dangerous and dire consequences of extreme heat events are expected to only worsen — in length and severity — in a warming climate. That grim outlook comes on top of new data showing just how bad the heat has been in California's interior. According to data released this week by the U.S.
“We do know we need to be more prepared for this,” said Patricia Solís, the executive director of Arizona State University's Knowledge Exchange for Resilience, which helped develop the heat-focused data set. “It is hot and getting hotter. ... We need to scale our preparedness and response and resilience to the scale of the problem.
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