Heat wave blankets US West as fires rage in several states
By DAISY NGUYENJuly 11, 2021 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Firefighters struggled to contain an exploding Northern California wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heat wave blanketed the West, prompting an excessive heat warning for inland and desert areas.
Death Valley in southeastern California’s Mojave Desert reached 128 degrees Fahrenheit (53 Celsius) on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service’s reading at Furnace Creek. The shockingly high temperature was actually lower than the previous day, when the location reached 130 F (54 C).
If confirmed as accurate, the 130-degree reading would be the hottest high recorded there since July 1913, when Furnace Creek desert hit 134 F (57 C), considered the highest measured temperature on Earth.
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The Beckwourth Complex - two lightning-caused fires burning 45 miles north of Lake Tahoe - showed no sign of slowing its rush northeast from the Sierra Nevada forest region after doubling in size between Friday and Saturday California s northern mountain areas already have seen several large fires that have destroyed more than a dozen homes Associated Press
Updated Jul 11, 2021, 8:42 AM IST
Firefighters struggled to contain an exploding Northern California wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heat wave hits the U.S. West this weekend, prompting an excessive heat warning for inland and desert areas.
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San Francisco: Firefighters struggled to contain an exploding Northern California wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heatwave blanketed the West, prompting an excessive heat warning for inland and desert areas.
Death Valley in southeastern California’s Mojave Desert reached 53 Celsius on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service’s reading at Furnace Creek. The shockingly high temperature was actually lower than the previous day, when the location reached 54C.
If confirmed as accurate, the reading would be the hottest high recorded there since July 1913, when Furnace Creek desert hit 57C, considered the highest measured temperature on Earth.
About 483 kilometers northwest of the sizzling desert, the largest wildfire of the year in California was raging along the border with Nevada. The Beckwourth Complex Fire - a combination of two lightning-caused fires burning 72 kilometers north of Lake Tahoe - showed no sign of slowing its rush northeast from the Sierr
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Firefighters made an effort to blow out a fire in Northern California as a result of high temperatures as another heat wave covered the western United States, warning of excessive heat for inland and desert areas.
The Death Valley River in the Mojave Desert in California hit 53 degrees Celsius (127F) on Saturday, according to a report by the National Weather Service in Furnace Creek. The extremely high temperature was 54C (129F) lower than the previous high.
If true, the 54 C reading would be the highest recorded since July 1913, when the Furnace Creek Desert hit 57 Ck (135 F) due to the highest temperature measured on Earth.