in extreme temperatures as a second heatwave moves in. the united states is also experiencing near record highs, with extreme heat warnings in place for more than 110 million people while other countries are seeing torrential rain and floods. joe inwood reports. they call it death valley for a reason. this californian desert once recorded the births highest ever temperature 56.7 c. this current heatwave is getting close to beating that. forsome is getting close to beating that. for some it is a tourist attraction. a chance to witness attraction. a chance to witness a piece of history. tom has a very different message. the fact that people very different message. the fact that people are - very different message. tue: fact that people are coming very different message. tte: fact that people are coming out here to celebrate this, the park services giddy, people are excited about tomorrow. it is not a milestone. i m calling it happy yesterday because. 0k, it is a milestone tomorrow
to he in the world today, it would be nice to be here in the world today, it would be nice to be here for a record like that. as it to be here for a record like that. as it turns to be here for a record like that. as it turns out, it wasn t quite a record. that stands at 56.7 degrees, but that figure may be broken in the next few days. the but that figure may be broken in the next few deve next few days. the fact that people are coming next few days. the fact that people are coming out next few days. the fact that people are coming out here next few days. the fact that people are coming out here to next few days. the fact that people are coming out here to celebrate i are coming out here to celebrate this, the park service is giddy, people are celebrating excited about tomorrow? it is not a milestone. i call it happy that day. the tomorrow? it is not a milestone. i call it happy that day. call it happy that day. the united states has emitted call it happy that day. t
while other countries are seeing torrential rain and floods. joe inwood reports. they call it death valley for a reason. this californian desert once recorded the earth s highest ever temperature, 56.7 celsius. this current heatwave is getting close to beating that. for some, it s a tourist attraction, a chance to witness a piece of history. but tom has a very different message. the fact that people are coming out here to celebrate this, the park service is giddy. people are excited about tomorrow. it s not a milestone. i m calling it happy death day, because, 0k, it s a milestone tomorrow. but then, next year it s going to be another milestone. in ten years, 20 years, it s going 140 here. what are we celebrating? right across the us, heat records look set to be broken. here in phoenix, it s been above 43 celsius for
are continuing to swelter in extreme temperatures as a second heatwave moves in. the united states is also experiencing near record highs, with extreme heat warnings in place for more than 110 million people, while other countries are seeing torrential rain and floods. joe inwood reports. they call it death valley for a reason. this californian desert once recorded the earth s highest ever temperature, 56.7 celsius. this current heatwave is getting close to beating that. for some, it s a tourist attraction, a chance to witness a piece of history. but tom has a very different message. the fact that people are coming out here to celebrate this, the park service is giddy. people are excited about tomorrow. it s not a milestone. i m calling it happy death day, because, 0k, it s a milestone tomorrow. but then, next year it s going to be another milestone. in ten years, 20 years, it s going 140 here. what are we celebrating?
told me. what has changed is global warming. humans are 100% to blame for the global trend in high temperatures that we are seeing. so all of the observed global warming is because of our burning of fossil fuels. we are seeing record breaking temperatures in asia this summer, too. china provisionally recorded its highest temperature ever, yesterday according to the met office. temperature ever yesterday 52.2 celsius in xinjiang, in the north west, according to the uk met office. in the us, a heat dome over the south west has left tens of millions of people under extreme heat warnings. death valley, in california, hit 53.9 celsius on sunday not far off the all time global temperature record of 56.7 degrees, recorded injuly 1913.