Phoenix is breaking heat records, but has Austin actually felt hotter?
It's hot everywhere.
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It's hot everywhere.
Phoenix heat record: The forecast high of 116 degrees in Phoenix on Tuesday would also break the record high for the date set in 1989.
Extreme heat was forecast across the globe on Wednesday, as wildfires raged and health warnings were in place in parts of Asia, Europe and North America.The heat waves across Europe and the globe are "not one single phenomenon but several acting at the same time", said Robert Vautard, director of France's Pierre-Simon Laplace climate institute.
It's not your imagination: This is not a typical summer. While heat waves have always happened, the ones now are hotter and happening more often.
Las Vegas and Phoenix have always endured broiling summers, but the scale and duration of this heat wave has brought new levels of misery.