bossito@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago‘Hell on earth’: Phoenix’s extreme heatwave tests the limits of survivalwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1433arrow-down18
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minus-squareEnderWi99in@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoThis is fairly normal for Phoenix. It’s on the hot end, sure, but it’s very dry there so 110 feels nothing like it would in Florida where you’d actually die. The bigger issue to Phoenix is dwindling water once the aquifer finally runs out of water.
minus-squarenslatz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI was mistaken, it’s predicted to reach 120f.
minus-squareImFresh3x@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoI’m seeing records of 104 (40c). Mentions of forecasts saying it might get higher, but I don’t see that having happened.
minus-squarenslatz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agohttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/15/italy-temperatures-48c-mediterranean-heatwave-hotter?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
minus-squareImFresh3x@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThanks. I couldn’t find that when I looked.
This is fairly normal for Phoenix. It’s on the hot end, sure, but it’s very dry there so 110 feels nothing like it would in Florida where you’d actually die. The bigger issue to Phoenix is dwindling water once the aquifer finally runs out of water.
It’s 120f in Italy at the moment.
I was mistaken, it’s predicted to reach 120f.
I’m seeing records of 104 (40c). Mentions of forecasts saying it might get higher, but I don’t see that having happened.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/15/italy-temperatures-48c-mediterranean-heatwave-hotter?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Thanks. I couldn’t find that when I looked.