Ashkan Morim, who works in the ER at Dignity Health Siena Hospital in suburban Henderson. "We're getting a lot of heat-related illness now, a lot of dehydration, heat exhaustion," said Dr.
The heat was expected to continue well into next week as a high pressure dome moves west from Texas. "I think that it's a time for maximum community vigilance." "This weekend there will be some of the most serious and hot conditions we've ever seen," said David Hondula the city's chief heat officer. Phoenix marked the city's 15th consecutive day of 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) or higher temperatures on Friday, hitting 116 degrees Fahrenheit (46.6 degrees Celsius) by late afternoon, and putting it on track to beat the longest measured stretch of such heat. Everyone needs to take this heat seriously, including those who live in the desert," the National Weather Service in Las Vegas said in a tweet. "This heatwave is NOT typical desert heat due to its long duration, extreme daytime temperatures, & warm nights. Meteorologists in Las Vegas warned people not to underestimate the danger. His daughter, Kathy Zhagui, 20, offered her recipe for relief: "Probably just water, ice cream, staying inside." It's just the heat," said Cajamarca, 46, an electrician from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The temperature before noon already topped 100 F (37.8 C). Sergio Cajamarca, his family and their dog, Max, were among those who lined up to pose for photos in front of the city's iconic "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign.
The blistering heat wave was forecast to get worse this weekend for Nevada, Arizona and California, where desert temperatures were predicted to soar in parts past 120 degrees Fahrenheit (48.8 degrees Celsius) during the day, and remain in the 90s F (above 32.2 C) overnight. Nearly a third of Americans were under extreme heat advisories, watches and warnings. "We've been talking about this building heat wave for a week now, and now the most intense period is beginning," the National Weather Service wrote Friday. Tens of millions of others across California and the Southwest, were also scrambling for ways to stay cool and safe from the dangers of extreme heat. Meanwhile, emergency room doctors were witnessing another world, as dehydrated construction workers, passed-out elderly residents and others suffered in an intense heat wave threatening to break the city's all-time record high of 117 degrees Fahrenheit (47.2 degrees Celsius) this weekend.įew places in the scorching Southwest demonstrate the surreal contrast between indoor and outdoor life like Las Vegas, a neon-lit city rich with resorts, casinos, swimming pools, indoor nightclubs and shopping.
But most will spend their vacations in a vastly different climate - at casinos where the chilly air conditioning might require a light sweater. LAS VEGAS - Visitors to Las Vegas on Friday stepped out momentarily to snap photos and were hit by blast-furnace air.
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