Western states are bracing for more scorching weather this weekend after the hottest month of June on record in the United States killed scores of people, strained electric grids and depleted reservoirs.
The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for much of the West through Monday evening, predicting "dangerously hot conditions" including temperatures up to 130 degrees Fahrenheit in Death Valley, California."Long standing record high temperature values are likely to be rivaled or broken," the weather service said, warning of the elevated risk of heat-related illnesses.
, according to a study by World Weather Attribution, a collaboration of climate scientists around the world. This comes after the hottest June in 127 years of record-keeping, according to the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration.
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