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The National Weather Service predicts unprecedented temperatures in the hundreds could hit cities from Denver to Charleston, South Carolina, through Wednesday, with dangerous storms forming on the heat wave’s northern edges.

ការពិតសំខាន់

Record high temperatures are expected, with Minneapolis បានព្យាករណ៍ to reach 99 degrees on Tuesday, and Columbia, South Carolina hitting highs near 104 degrees នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​អង្គា​រ៏។

Although heat waves are common during the summer months, they are becoming more severe and prolonged due to man-made climate change, according to ការសិក្សាជាច្រើន.

Excessive humidity levels will likely make the weather feel several degrees warmer.

The intense heat is due to a large high pressure zone – often referred to as a កំរាលកំដៅ – which has shifted from the Southwest to the lower Mississippi Valley on Monday and is likely to move towards Nashville by Wednesday, កាសែត Washington Post រាយការណ៍.

Severe thunderstorms are បានព្យាករណ៍ from portions of the Midwest into the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley Monday afternoon and evening.

សាវតាសំខាន់

Last weekend, more than 25 major cities tied or broke record-high temperatures. At 122 degrees, California’s Death Valley was the hottest place in the country on Saturday. Palm Springs and Phoenix followed behind, both with Saturday highs of 114 degrees.

លេខធំ

100 million Americans are under high heat advisories or warnings this week, according to សេវាអាកាសធាតុជាតិ។

សម្រង់ពាក្យគន្លឹះ

“It’ll stretch eventually by mid-week from the Great Lakes to the Southern Plains eastward. Not too hot in the northeast yet, more of an average,” Robert Oravec, a lead forecaster with the National Weather Service, told NPR. “It’s a very typical heat wave pattern set up in the Southwest and spreading now into the plains. You’re almost into mid-June now, so it’s not uncommon to see weather patterns that support a heatwave.”

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Record-setting heat wave expands east; over 100 million under alerts (វ៉ាស៊ីនតោនប៉ុស្តិ៍)

ជាង 70 លានដុតនំនៅក្នុងរលកកំដៅភាគនិរតីដែលបំបែកកំណត់ត្រា - ហើយវាកំពុងរុញទៅខាងកើត (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)

រលកកម្ដៅ 'គ្រោះថ្នាក់ និងស្លាប់' បោកបក់នៅភាគនិរតីចុងសប្តាហ៍នេះ។ (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)