41 minutes agoWestern US hit by heat, extreme heat drought
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The summer of 2021 is expected to be included in history books, since much of the United States is involved in historical heat, extreme drought, and the danger of intense natural fires that have already begun in the region. Such a crisis has expanded to Canada. Monday, temperature [...]
Such a crisis has expanded to Canada. On Monday, temperatures in the British Columbia region went to 46.6 degrees, marking record for that area. The population of that section is not accustomed to such temperatures because the region is better known for fresh, rainy weather.
Experts fear that catastrophic conditions, reinforced by the climate crisis, will only deteriorate in the coming months, writes The Guardian, broadcast the Express.
In the evening, the temperature at Seattle was 42 degrees. The 46 - degree record in Portland was marked, as on Saturday and Sunday, there were record lows of 42 and 44 degrees.
This is the start of a permanent emergency. We have to fight the source of this problem, which is climate change”, said Jay Inslee, governor of the northwest state of the United States, Washington.
The heat wave, which, according to meteorologists, has been caused by high air pressure, expanded from California south to Canadian Arctic territories and has been exacerbated by the global man - made crisis.
High temperatures forced authorities in southwest Canada to close schools and businesses. Even the testing centers for Coddy-19 and the cell facilities for the vaccine were out of order.
