A record-breaking heat wave stretching across the southern United States is expected to expand in the coming days and weeks, as scientists warn July will likely be the hottest month ever recorded. | AFP
“Unfortunately, on a hot day like this, these propane tanks with that expansion of heat, they literally become missiles…They can travel upwards of 500 yards ,” Fire Captain Rob McDade told KPHO television station.
Many are hoping to see it break a world record of 134F, which was set in July 1913 but was likely the result of a faulty measurement, according to several meteorologists. Hours earlier, he had been interviewed by a reporter with the Los Angeles Times, and was photographed slathered in sunscreen, huddled beneath a metal sign that afforded a small amount of shade.
What’s more, the effects cannot be attributed solely to the El Nino weather pattern, which “has really only just emerged” and isn’t expected to strengthen until later on in the year.
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