The California ISO declared a Stage 3 emergency and implemented rolling blackouts as temperatures reached triple digits in many parts of the state.
by researchers at Boston University and the University of British Columbia suggests the number may actually be far higher — possibly as high as 5,600 annually — with even moderate heat waves increasing the number of deaths.in the Western U.S., and it's doing the same to wildfires.
Fire season is just heating up in California, with more than dozen blazes burning through the state. The heat wave won't help firefighting efforts and there are concerns it could dry out vegetation in other parts of the West, setting the stage for future fires. Fortunately, strong winds – a chief driver of California's recent deadly fires – are not forecast in the coming week.
Efforts to protect people from the combination of those factors as well as blistering temperatures are being. Health officials are urging people to stay at home and, in some parts of the country, communities have closed cooling centers to try and prevent the spread of COVID-19. That's not the case in most of California, where state and local officials have activated cooling centers to help people in need.by researchers at the University of Southern California.
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