In Phoenix, the place the temperature was forecast to succeed in 118 levels Fahrenheit on Saturday, metropolis officers reported a surge in heat-related 911 calls. On Thursday, the desert metropolis matched a excessive with 33 such calls, David Hondula, the director of town’s warmth response workplace, stated at a information convention on Friday. To this point this 12 months, 12 individuals have died heat-related deaths in Maricopa County, which incorporates Phoenix, officers stated.
Some areas within the Southwest, equivalent to Tucson, Ariz., additionally reported extreme warmth warnings for longer stretches than traditional.
“Sometimes we solely have extreme warmth for 3, 4, 5 days in a row,” Aaron Hardin, a forecaster for the Nationwide Climate Service in Tucson, stated on Saturday. The present warmth advisory, Mr. Hardin stated, is ready to run out Monday however might lengthen via midweek. He added that this month, an extreme warmth warning had been in place for seven straight days, the longest ever issued by the station.