China News Service, June 17th. According to a report on the 16th by Qiaobao.com, more than one-eighth, or more than 40 million Americans, are currently suffering from the persistent and potentially fatal high temperature in the western part of the country. Continue to deteriorate.
On the 14th local time, the temperature in Salt Lake City set a single-day and all-time high.
The National Weather Service of Salt Lake City said on social media before the arrival of this historic heat wave: "I don't know how to describe it. To put it bluntly, the weather will be very hot for a long time."
Nevada will also challenge the record for the highest temperature in history this week.
The current record for the highest temperature in the state is 125 degrees Fahrenheit in the town of Laughlin on June 29, 1994.
From the 16th to the 20th, the temperature in Laughlin is expected to be between 120 and 122 degrees Fahrenheit, and the average temperature at this time of the year is 106 degrees Fahrenheit.
At the same time, Idaho and Montana also experienced hot weather.
On the afternoon of the 16th local time, Las Vegas also ushered in extremely high temperatures.
In Phoenix, not far from Las Vegas, the weather forecast shows that from the 16th to the 18th, the local temperature may reach or exceed 115 degrees Fahrenheit every day, which will tie the city's historical record.
Experts say that this heat wave and the abnormal drought conditions in the southwestern United States are part of the destructive feedback brought about by climate change.
The hotter the weather, the drier, and the drier will lead to getting hotter and hotter.
Heho, a climate researcher and chief scientist at the Nature Conservancy, said: “Climate change will exacerbate extreme weather conditions. Extreme high temperatures are always possible, but as the global climate warms, we will see summer heat waves come. Earlier, last longer, and it will get hotter and more intense."
Haihuo said that in the future heat waves and drought conditions will progress and worsen, especially in areas that are already facing drought.
Heihuo also said: "We can no longer use the past as a reliable basis for predicting the future, as we have done in the past. We must be prepared for hotter and drier conditions than we have seen before.