Rolling blackouts, sudden shutdowns: Extreme heat boils and roils in the the Middle East

At the beginning of this month, as a thermal dome pushed temperatures in parts of the Middle East past 122 degrees, Iran ordered a two-day shutdown of schools, banks and public institutions, which helped relieve the burden on the nation’s faltering power grid.

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