Heat wave blankets US West as fires rage in several states
Sunday, July 11, 2021 | Tag Cloud Tags: California, News, PLO, War, Washington, Worthy News | Learn about our FREE SYNDICATION Service | Sign up for our Worthy Briefs! | Printer Friendly
(Worthy News) – Firefighters struggled to contain an exploding Northern California wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heatwave blanketed the West, prompting an excessive heat warning for inland and desert areas.
Death Valley in southeastern California’s Mojave Desert reached 128 degrees on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service‘s reading at Furnace Creek. The shockingly high temperature was actually lower than the previous day when the location reached 130 F.
If confirmed as accurate, the 130-degree reading would be the hottest high recorded there since July 1913, when Furnace Creek desert hit 1,34, considered the highest measured temperature on Earth. [ Source: Washington Times (Read More…) ]
Latest Worthy News
Trump Shares Huckabee’s Message of Faith: “This Moment Sought You” as God Guides Decisions on Israel
Fair Use Notice:This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.