China News Service, July 12, reported that the western region of the United States suffered a second wave of heat in a few weeks, and a new round of high temperatures was recorded in various places. In California's Death Valley National Park, an ultra-high temperature of 54 degrees Celsius was recently recorded.

Authorities have issued high temperature warnings to more than 30 million residents in many cities.

  According to reports, during the weekend, extremely hot weather covered most of the western Pacific coast and extended inland as far as the western edge of the Rocky Mountains.

On June 27, local time, many cities in the northwestern United States encountered the highest record high temperature in history. Portland, Oregon reported a record high temperature of 43°C.

  According to the National Weather Service, the temperature in Las Vegas reached 47.2 degrees Celsius, the highest in history.

This desert casino once experienced the same high temperature once in 1942, and three times since 2005.

  On the 10th, the National Weather Service issued an "ultra-high temperature warning" to major southern cities such as Las Vegas, Phoenix and San Jose, and stated that "more than 30 million people are still under ultra-high temperature or high temperature warning", dangerous high temperature and dryness The weather will last.

  As the heat wave caused record high temperatures in many parts of the western United States, wildfires raged.

When two firefighters in Arizona received a report and went to extinguish a wildfire, they were killed in a plane crash.

  In the hot weather, large-scale wildfires also occurred in the mountains of northern California.

The fire department said that currently only 8% of the local fires are under control, and it is expected that the fire will continue to burn for many days.

  In addition, the out-of-control wildfires in southern Oregon destroyed the three major power supply networks, posing an urgent threat to the power supply in the western region, causing rotating power outages in many areas of California, and the state of Nevada facing a state of emergency.

On July 8, local time, the "sugar fire", part of the Bakerworth Comprehensive Fire in California, USA, spread in the Plumas National Forest, and the flames reflected the red sky.

The picture shows the fire arrived at the scene.

  In the "dangerous hot weather", the Meteorological Bureau advises people living in high-temperature warning areas to pay attention to hydration, avoid staying in the sun for a long time, wear light and loose clothing, and understand the signs of heatstroke.

  As a result of the previous extreme heat wave, the Wall Street Journal reported last week that 63 people died of high temperatures in Oregon, 45 of whom were from the Portland area, and 13 people died in the Seattle area of ​​Washington.

An official statement from the Canadian province of British Columbia stated that the heat wave engulfed British Columbia and at least 486 people died from the high temperature within five days.

  According to the Guinness World Records, the highest temperature in the world is 134 degrees Fahrenheit (about 56.7 degrees Celsius) measured in Death Valley National Park on July 10, 1913.