Millions sweltering in US west as Canada takes emergency steps
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12/07/2021 - 02:38 Tourists pose next to a thermometer in California s Death Valley in June. Sweltering conditions have hit much of the Pacific seaboard and as far inland as the western edge of the Rocky Mountains over the weekend Patrick T. FALLON AFP 3 min
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Millions of people across the western United States and Canada were hit Sunday by a new round of scorching hot temperatures, with some roads closed, train traffic limited and new evacuations ordered.
In Canada, with wildfires continuing to spread including 50 more blazes erupting in the past two days the government announced new emergency measures aimed at preventing further fires.
Monday, 12 Jul 2021 07:11 AM MYT
Rahel Kidne and her daughter Eliana play in water to cool off during the scorching weather of a heatwave, at a River Landing splash park in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan July 2, 2021. Reuters pic
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LOS ANGELES, July 12 Millions of people across the western United States and Canada were hit Sunday by a new round of scorching hot temperatures, with some roads closed, train traffic limited and new evacuations ordered.
In Canada, with wildfires continuing to spread including 50 more blazes erupting in the past two days the government announced new emergency measures aimed at preventing further fires.
Millions In US, Canada Hit By New Rounds Of Scorching Hot Temperatures Millions In US, Canada Hit By New Rounds Of Scorching Hot Temperatures In Canada, with wildfires continuing to spread, the government announced new emergency measures aimed at preventing further fires.
Last month was the hottest June on record in North America, said EU s climate monitoring service
Los Angeles:
Millions of people across the western United States and Canada were hit Sunday by a new round of scorching hot temperatures, with some roads closed, train traffic limited and new evacuations ordered.
In Canada, with wildfires continuing to spread including 50 more blazes erupting in the past two days the government announced new emergency measures aimed at preventing further fires.
July 12, 2021
Los Angeles: Hot weather alerts are in place for more than 30 million people across the western United States after the region’s second heat wave in weeks brought another round of record-equalling high temperatures.
Sweltering conditions have hit much of the Pacific seaboard and as far inland as the western edge of the Rocky Mountains over the weekend, with forecasters warning of more to come on Sunday.
Las Vegas matched its all-time record of 117 degrees Fahrenheit (47.2 Celsius), according to the National Weather Service (NWS) a temperature recorded in the desert entertainment city once in 1942 and three other times since 2005.