portland, oregon, today. breaking yesterday s record of 112 degrees. to state the obvious, it should not be 115 degrees in portland. normal high temperatures at this time of the year in the city are in the low-to-mid 70s. this is not just happening in portland. oregon s capital city of salem also reached 114 degrees. seattle, washington, hit a record-breaking 107 degrees today. the weather across the pacific northwest of the united states is down right dystopian right now. like something out of a climate science fiction knowledge but a peak into the future that is made present. all this is happening because of the heat dome where high pressure in the atmosphere traps hot ocean air kind of like a lid. heat domes are not uncommon in the summer. but this one incredibly intense and vast. the kind of extreme weather event that climate change is making more and more common. the national weather service in seattle put out this straightforward warning last night. quote, with morning
i m chris. asean was 115 degrees fahrenheit in portland oregon. breaking yesterday s record of 112 degrees. to state the obvious, it should not be 150 degrees in portland, normal high temperature at this time of year in the city, are below the mid seventies this is not just happening in portland as you may have seen organs, capital city of salem also reach 114 degrees seattle washington got a record breaking 107 degrees today and the weather across the pacific northwest of the united states is downright dystopian right now. it s something out of a climate science fiction novel but a peek into our climate future that has now made present. all this is happening because a phenomenon called heat dome. high pressure in the atmosphere traps hot ocean air kind of like ali and. he domes are not uncommon in the summer, they come for heat waves. this one is incredibly intense and vast. the kind of extreme weather event that climate change is making more and more common. the national we
people are just out here enjoying the beach and it s a good vibe, but that want to shut it down at eight o clock, people will go somewhere else and take their money somewhere else and take their money somewhere else and take their money somewhere else and it is what it is. and as the un marks world water day, can south east asia s mekong river meet the growing demands of a rapidly developing region? hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we begin in australia, where heavy rains have triggered the worst floods for a century. thousands of residents in the state of new south wales have been told to leave home. forecasters are warning that more rain is expected. just to give you an idea of how saturated the ground is, take a look at these pictures, filmed at oxley island, about 250km kilometres north of sydney. the water simply has nowhere to go. and that s led to images like this a house, literally floating away. it s believed it belonged to a coup
climate ministers gathered in italy saying a lot more progress needs to be made before a key un summit in november. this is the scene on lipoma where two new streams of lava pose a further threat of disruption in the erupting volcano forces more residents to flee. welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the abortion rights battle in america is taking to the streets today with protest being held across the country. thousands of advocates adjoining 660 matches against recent efforts by states to severely restrict access to termination. campaigners believe the us supreme court has been more likely to take action to overturn at the national right to abortion provided in the road the rate row the rate row the weight. mm rate row the weiuht. , , mm rate row the weight. , , calvanise mm rate row the weight. , , calvanise rotesters. mm rate row the weight. , , calvanise -rotesters. peo - le mm rate row the weight. , , calvanise rotesters. peole are g
eventually north-northeast is expected to happen in the next couple of hours. ian: if you to want welcome folks, what we continue to track what is now major hurricane idalia. if you re watching us here on fox weather, if you re watching us during the overnight hours on fox news and on a number of fox affiliates across the country, we re here because we re tracking a very dangerous scenario, a major hurricane in a portion of the florida coastline that almost never seas storms like this sees storms like this, especially when in the summertime proper still this is an overnight scenario would that make a lot more sense if it was october. jane: and this storm nvery vulnerable spots along the florida coastline. you hit the big bend here and you have the storm surge potential that s so incredible, up to 16 feet in the worst case scenario and as we continue in time with the slower movement, the strengthening of the storm could that look more and more possible as the morni