Forecasters warn of a long and intense heat wave coming for the Southwest United States that could rank among the most severe in recent history.
The focal point of the blistering heat will fall mostly on Arizona, California, and New Mexico, with peak intensity expected later next week, according to regional offices of the National Weather Service (NWS).
Forecasts predicting scorching temperatures across the Southwest come at the tail end of a week that hit an average global record high temperature, according to the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer project.
Construction worker Fernando Padilla wipes his face as he works in the heat, in Nashville, Tenn., on June 30, 2023. (George Walker IV/AP Photo)
Arizona
In Phoenix, there have been eight consecutive 110-plus degree days amid a growing likelihood of temperatures breaking records….