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As Temperatures Hit Triple-Digits, Scientist Warns This Could Be ‘One Of Biggest Heat Waves We’ve Seen This Decade’
Officials have also warned of ongoing rolling power outages designed to prevent the system from overwhelming.
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — As temperatures across California hit triple-digits, a local scientist warns that this hot spell could be “one of the biggest heatwaves we’ve seen this decade.”
“We’re going to see a lot of nights, especially across the Inland areas, where temperatures never drop to comfortable levels and that adds additional stress on the human body, additional stress on electrical grids and just makes it harder to cope with the heat when it doesn’t cool down at night,” added Daniel Swain, a UCLA climate scientist, who said this could be one of the biggest heatwaves this decade.
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