After smashing March heat records in 14 states and the U.S. as a whole, the gigantic heat dome that’s baked the Southwest is creeping eastward and may end up being one of the most expansive heat waves in American history, meteorologists and weather historians said. And it’s not going away for awhile, maybe not till…
An oppressive heat wave across much of the western United States had cities and their residents sweltering through conditions this weekend that are normally more common at the height of summer. The blistering heat wave, which has persisted all week throughout California and the desert Southwest, will continue to build and spread east into the…
An unprecedented heat wave in the West broke the record for the hottest March temperature anywhere in the United States: 108 degrees. It’s an alarming signal of how hot the planet is getting and how fast it’s happening. Yuma, Arizona, hit 109 degrees on Friday afternoon, which broke the national March record of 108 degrees…
An asteroid weighing seven tons and traveling at 45,000 miles per hour zoomed over the skies of multiple states as a meteor today, causing a loud boom that some residents mistook for an explosion, officials said. NASA said eyewitnesses from 10 states, Washington, D.C. and the Canadian province of Ontario reported seeing the “bright fireball”…
It feels like summertime in March across much of the western United States this week, as an extraordinary, early heat wave sends temperatures skyrocketing in California and the Southwest. Highs above 90 degrees Fahrenheit are expected to be widespread in Southern California, with parts of Arizona and Nevada reaching the triple digits. Some 39 million…
