pervasive wave of temperature increase; Weather warning for a third of the US population

According to IRNA’s report on Wednesday, CNN news channel, by publishing this news, added: The severe heat warning has covered at least 20 American states for Wednesday (today).

Therefore, the report of the “Weather Prediction Center” (WPC) in the United States announced: the risk of high temperatures during this week will cover major parts of the United States, which will affect at least more than one hundred million people, who are under severe warning. and weather advisories are faced.

The news website of this American video media wrote: This means that a third of the American population is now under the warning of an increasing heat wave, and 80% of the American population (about 265 million people) will also be under a severe weather warning in the next seven days. They will encounter temperatures over 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius).

South America with temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit

This report adds: The spread of the extreme heat wave during today and tomorrow (Wednesday and Thursday) will cover the southern regions of the United States, including Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and the eastern coast of the United States. In the state of Oklahoma, the temperature will reach 103 degrees Fahrenheit (39 .44 °C) has reached.

According to the report, this is the first time since the mid-90s in the last century that the temperature in 120 locations in Oklahoma and Texas has exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit, with the temperature in Abilene ) Texas reached a temperature of 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius), which has not been recorded since 1939.

The dire state of Texas prisons

Therefore, due to the severity of the temperature increase in Robertson County and Dallas, Texas, each reached 112 and 110 degrees Fahrenheit, the report has now affected the prisons of the state of Texas. It does not work from the prisons located in this state and the conditions of the prisoners in these prisons have deteriorated.

The Criminal Justice Department of the State of Texas announced to this American news network that out of 100 prison units in the state, only 55 prisons have fully functioning cooling systems and 45 other prisons have only partially or completely non-functioning cooling systems. that as a result of the improper functioning of these systems and the sharp increase in temperature, a number of prisoners need treatment and hospitalization.

This report adds: According to the National Weather Service located in Fort Worth, Texas, the temperature in this state will rise to 105 and 110 degrees Fahrenheit (40 to 43 degrees Celsius), while the city Oklahoma City also reached 110 degrees Fahrenheit today (Wednesday), which was an unprecedented temperature compared to a year in 1936.

Fire warning in Texas and Oklahoma

CNN reported: Scorching temperatures and low humidity, along with dry air and increasing wind gusts, bring a critical fire warning in northern Texas and central Oklahoma.

According to the weather forecast, the cities of New York, Boston, Massachusetts, and Philadelphia, located in the state of Pennsylvania, will also experience scorching and dry conditions, and the National Weather Service in Boston has warned citizens about the occurrence of dryness in addition to scorching weather in this part of the United States. It has been reported that the air temperature will reach more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit during the current day and the coming days, at the same time, this will cause scorching temperatures and dry air during the coming week.

According to this media, Albany, the capital of New York state, whose temperature has reached 84 degrees Fahrenheit, will reach an excruciating temperature of 97 degrees Fahrenheit (36 degrees Celsius) by tomorrow (Thursday).

Biden seeks to declare a climate emergency

While all over the world, especially in Western Europe, governments are facing a climate crisis caused by unprecedented heat and the challenge of managing bad climate conditions, US President Joe Biden is also seeking to declare a state of emergency based on media reports.

The Washington Post newspaper reported on July 28, 1401, quoting three knowledgeable sources, that the President of the United States plans to declare a climate emergency this week. In a week when negotiations in the US Congress on environmental programs have reached a dead end, Biden is looking to save his work program in this field.

Parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, home to a population of nearly 35 million, have experienced unprecedented heat over the past few days. On the other hand, a heat warning has been announced in Southern California and parts of the southwestern United States, including Arizona and New Mexico.