The Winooski River flooded the streets of Vermont's capital Montpelier on Tuesday. Photo: John Lazenby/Alamy Live News
Storm in the southwest, flood in the northeast: extreme weather again worries the United States this summer.
This week's heat wave brought 100-degree heat and extreme heat warnings in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Southern California, while the usual monsoon activity that could help offset the scorching temperatures is missing.
In Arizona, the monsoon season officially began on June 15 and could bring severe storms with high winds, lightning and heavy rain.
The heat has made parts of Phoenix's main city feel like a ghost town, according to the Associated Press. Sunset concerts have been canceled and restaurant patios equipped with cooling fans are empty.
Phoenix has taken various actions in recent years to limit the risk of heat-related illness. When the US National Weather Service issues an extreme heat warning, the city's three most popular walking trails close between 11:00 am and 5:00 pm.
On Tuesday, temperatures in Phoenix hit 110 degrees (43 degrees Celsius) for the 12th consecutive day. This is reported by the National Weather Service. The longest recorded time span was 18 days in 1974.
Bring your own shadow to Phoenix this week. Photo: Matt York/AP
Erinanna Saffell, so the Phoenix Metro has below normal rainfall and dry conditions that contribute to hotter temperatures. In addition, some experts believe that more energy was needed to melt this year's heavier snowpack in the western US, prolonging the development of the high pressure system this summer.
Salvation Army volunteer Soyla Arias gives water to a man at an overheat protection station in a valley in Phoenix. Temperatures in Phoenix reached 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday for the 12th consecutive day. Photo: Matt York/AP
All the concrete and sidewalks in the sprawling Phoenix add to the misery as the sidewalks and buildings bake all day and release stored heat. slowly overnight. During the current wave, the temperature does not fall below 90 degrees. This cycle turns Phoenix into an urban heat island.
Phoenix on Tuesday. A city in Arizona with its concrete and pavement could become an urban heat island. Photo: Ash Ponders/Bloomberg
The city has been implementing the Cool Pavement program for the third year. The pavement, reflecting heat and sunlight, is laid on over 100 miles of asphalt. It is assumed that the new surface will lower the temperature of the soil.
The mercury column could rise to 110-115 degrees this weekend in Las Vegas, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures of 100 to 103 degrees Celsius were forecast in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Tuesday, with heat advisories in effect all day. Weather conditions are forecast to peak between 100 and 113 degrees Celsius in the interior of Southern California Friday through Sunday.
The highest global temperatures on record were recorded last week.
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This summer's heat hazards in the US follow last winter's 'bomb-cyclone blizzards'.
In the opposite corner of the country, the storm, which dropped up to two months of rain in two days in Vermont and other parts of the northeast, caused more flooding in communities Tuesday, including the state capital, where officials said river levels at a dam upstream appeared to be stable. .
Brown water from the Winooski River hides cars and everything but the top of parking meters in Montpellier. Credit: John Lazenby/Alamy Live News parking meters along picturesque brick storefront streets whose basements and lower floors were flooded.
A rowing board on a flooded street in Montpelier, Vermont, Tuesday. Photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters
Some residents of the city of 8,000 were wading through waist-deep water; others canoed and kayaked through the main streets to view the scene. Store owners took inventory of damaged or lost items.
Montpelier City Manager Bill Frazier said the dam is still a concern, but the city is going into recovery mode as the water recedes and public works workers are expected to start clearing dirt and debris from downtown streets on Wednesday morning. Building inspections will begin when businesses begin cleaning up their property.
A drone image shows flooding in Montpellier on Tuesday. Photo: Vermont Agriculture, Food and Markets Agency via AP. . The flooding has already caused tens of millions of dollars of damage across the state.
«It's heartbreaking because you know all these businesses are losing inventory and this man clearly just lost his car,» the senator said. State of Ann Watson, noting a parked car flooded with water in Montpellier. Similar scenes played out in nearby Barre and Bridgwater, where the Ottaukechee River overflowed its banks.
Parking Space Montpellier Fire Chief Remains flooded behind a fire station in Montpellier. Photo: CJ GUNTHER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock. damage and was shocked by what he saw. The basement of every building, including the one where he works, and the lower floors of most of them were flooded. Even the city's fire station was flooded.
«It's very frustrating when your fire station is under water,» Mr. Pfeiffer said.
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