A scorching heat wave has been spreading across the western United States since last weekend, with record triple-digit heat in many places.
The high reached 130 degrees in Death Valley, California, on Sunday. This is a preliminary reading, but if verified by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) it would not only set a record for the date, it would also tie for the third-hottest global temperature on record. Those...
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