Burning temperatures struck the northeast on Sunday, causing the region’s first protracted summer heat wave. Record temperatures continued for five consecutive days in Newark, and the heat wave continued in Boston.Providence, Rhode Island; Manchester, New Hampshire
Oklahoma has withstood temperatures above 100 degrees Celsius in nine of the last 11 days, and other parts of the country have become hot and humid.
Burning heat is the cool reality that such dangerous temperatures are becoming the norm for summer in the United States and elsewhere, and heat waves, wildfires and droughts disrupt everyday life around the world. Was emphasized.
The heat wave in the United States surged from an average of twice a year in the 1960s to six times a year in the 2010s. The last seven years have been the warmest in the history of accurate world records.
A heat surge in the northeast that struck some of the country’s most densely populated corridors scrambled residents for relief. In New York City, despite facing a shortage of lifeguards on Sunday afternoon, the city’s pools lined up, causing temperatures just below record highs and reaching 94 degrees Celsius in Central Park. Did.
William Jimenez, 59, took his 13-year-old son to the pool at Crotona Park in the Bronx.
“The weather is getting hotter and hotter,” he said. “The best thing is to be in the pool and the park.”
Elsewhere in the Bronx, fire hydrants spilled on the sidewalks, turning many streets into asphalt water parks. In some places, wooden boards stretched down the streets to help people avoid small rivers.
Tina Hernandez, 24, and her 12-year-old stepdaughter laughed at each other as they repel each other with an open tap on Monroe Avenue.
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“It was definitely crazy,” Hernandez said. “The house is the hottest place in the summer. We’ve been trying to run through the sprinklers. It was hard to stay calm.”
In Newark, the temperature reached 102 degrees, with the date Day 5 of measurements above 100 degrees, The longest recorded streak in the city. Providence reached 98 degrees and broke the previous record of 94 in 1987, Boston reached 100 degrees and broke the previous record of 98 in 1933. Philadelphia reached 99 degrees, breaking 98 records from 2011, and Manchester, New Hampshire. The temperature is 97 degrees Celsius, which is higher than the maximum temperature on the 95th.
From Boston to Philadelphia St. LouisMajor cities have declared fever emergencies and recommendations that last throughout the weekend, some have triggered services to keep residents cool, It’s like opening a library as a cooling center..Officials said in the infamous swampy Washington, DC, where temperatures hovered in the 90’s. Extension of business hours for some pools in the cityWhen Kansas City, Missouri Announces Tips Twitter to prevent residents from damaging the foundation of the house.
Philadelphia, which declared a fever emergency on Thursday, has canceled plans to block water to customers with delinquent invoices due to heat waves.
Terry Green, 62, said he enjoyed the heat of Washington, DC, but was grateful for the air conditioning in the church, which was hired as a maintenance worker.
“If I’m going to work outside, I’ll just prepare for it. I know I’ll be coming early in the morning,” Green said.
Further south, Jesse Williams, 40, was preparing for a long shift in front of a 600-degree oven at the Memphis Pizza Cafe in Memphis, Tennessee. There, the National Weather Service issued a heat recommendation. Temperatures were expected to reach nearly 100 degrees.
“If the fans of this little shop didn’t blow me away, I would probably get heat stroke,” Williams said.
In Boston Race organizers postponed the city’s annual triathlon.. In New York, the organizers shortened a similar race in light of the temperature. When the race started around dawn, the water temperature rose to nearly 80 degrees.
Utility PECO in Philadelphia Deployed strategy To save electricity for customers, such as washing clothes with cold water and attaching window covers. In New York, Con Edison spokesman Alan Drury said this week marked a peak in electricity demand during the summer. Since Monday, more than 28,400 blackouts have been scattered throughout the New York area, primarily in Westchester and the Bronx, according to Drury.
“I’m 53, but I don’t remember how hot it was,” said Ronnie Coleman, a former employee of the Philadelphia School District, hoping to overcome the heat of the afternoon on Sunday morning. Relaxed on the Schuylkill River.
Elsewhere in Philadelphia, children, dogs, and a few adults scattered in the shallow waters of the Logan Square fountain.
Laura McSloy, a food service worker in the Brewerytown section, was sitting in the fountain pool.
“It was so hot that my dog felt sick,” said 47-year-old McSloy.
Temperatures across the northeast have also skyrocketed. Outside Tulsa, Oklahoma, Charlie Pearson, 63, said the long heat was difficult for the small volunteer fire department he was in charge of. He described a man who collapsed outside the house due to a heart problem.
“The man was in the sun and couldn’t find the shade, so here he’s outside pumping his chest in the weather at 104 and 105 degrees,” he said.
In downtown Oklahoma City, where temperatures had risen to 96 degrees Celsius by early afternoon, children played, laughed, and sprayed water in the scissortail park. But this feature wasn’t just for play. It is the last source of drinking for homeless people in the city. Brian Blast, a new homeless person at the age of 52, said he was one of his first lessons learned when he started living on the street.
“People tell me it’s the place to go,” Blast said. “It’s hard to find water on the street.”
He was waiting behind the Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library with many other homeless people around noon. It is one of the state’s 75 designated cooling centers, but did not open until 1 pm.
The heat wave on Sunday was already struggling to manage the waves of heat-related emergencies, such as the devastating drought in the southwest and the disastrously active wildfire seasons in New Mexico, Arizona, and California. It went down. The Oak fireScorched over 14,000 square acres near Yosemite National Park.
Similarly, a scorching heat wave is set to hit parts of the northwest next week, and cities like Seattle are expected to face temperatures above 100 degrees Celsius.
In Bronx, more than 40-year-old friends Wanda Rosser, 58, and Yvonne Miles, 62, sat in the shade outside the New York City Housing Department’s Butler House development on Sunday afternoon.
They responded differently to heat.
“I’m a summer baby,” Rosser said. “enjoy!”
However, Miles said she suffered from asthma during the hot season.
Still, she said. It’s Mother Nature. “
The report was contributed by Adam Bednar, Téa Kvetenadze, Jon Hurdle, Luke Vander Ploeg, Ben Fenwick, Alex Traub and April Rubin.