Persistent U.S. heat wave breaks new records, causes deaths in the West

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A long-running heat wave that has already broken previous records across the United States persisted Sunday, heating parts of the West with dangerous temperatures that killed a motorcyclist in Death Valley and kept the East in its hot, humid grip.

An excessive heat warning, the National Weather Service's highest alert level, was in effect for about 36 million people, or about 10% of the population, NWS meteorologist Bryan Jackson said. Dozens of locations in the West and Pacific Northwest matched or broke previous heat records.

Many parts of Northern California exceeded 110.3 degrees Fahrenheit, with the city of Redding hitting a record high of 110.3 degrees Fahrenheit. Phoenix set a new record for the lowest daily temperature on Sunday: it never dropped below 91.3 degrees Fahrenheit.

A high temperature of 128 degrees F (53.3 degrees C) was recorded Saturday and Sunday at Death Valley National Park in eastern California, where one visitor died Saturday from heat exposure and another person was hospitalized, authorities said.

The two visitors were part of a group of six motorcyclists riding through the Badwater Basin area in scorching weather, the park said in a statement.

The person who died has not been identified. The other motorcyclist was taken to a Las Vegas hospital with severe heat illness, the statement said. Due to the high temperatures, emergency medical helicopters were unable to respond, as planes typically cannot safely fly above 120 degrees Fahrenheit (48.8 degrees Celsius), authorities said.

The other four members of the group were treated on site.

While this is a very exciting time to experience potentially record-breaking temperatures in Death Valley, we encourage visitors to choose their activities carefully, avoiding extended periods of time outside in a vehicle or air-conditioned building when temperatures are this high, said park Superintendent Mike Reynolds.

Officials have warned that heat-related illnesses and injuries are cumulative and can worsen over the course of a day or several days.

In addition to not being able to cool down while riding due to high ambient temperatures, experiencing Death Valley by motorcycle in this hot weather is further complicated by the heavy safety gear needed to reduce injuries in the event of an accident, the park's statement said.

The high temperatures didn’t bother Chris Kinsel, a Death Valley visitor who said it was like Christmas Day for me to be there on a record-breaking day. Kinsel said he and his wife usually come to the park in the winter, when it’s still very warm, but that’s nothing compared to being in one of the hottest places on Earth in July.

“Death Valley in the summer has always been on my bucket list. For most of my life, I've wanted to come here in the summer,” said Kinsel, who was visiting the Badwater Basin area of ​​Death Valley from Las Vegas.

Kinsel said he plans to go to the park's visitor center to have his photo taken next to the digital sign displaying the current temperature.

Across the Nevada desert, Natasha Ivory took four of her eight children to a water park in Mount Charleston, outside Las Vegas, which on Sunday recorded a record high of 120 degrees Fahrenheit (48.8 degrees Celsius).

They're having a lot of fun, Ivory told Fox5 Vegas. I'm going to get wet too. It's too hot not to.

Jill Workman Anderson was also at Mount Charleston, taking her dog for a short hike and enjoying the view.

“We can see the desert,” she said. “It’s also 30 degrees cooler than northwest Las Vegas, where we live.”

Triple-digit temperatures were common across Oregon, where several records were broken, including in Salem, where they reached 103 degrees F (39.4 degrees C) on Sunday, surpassing the 99 degrees F (37.2 degrees C) mark set in 1960. On the wetter East Coast, temperatures above 100 degrees were widespread, although no excessive heat advisories were in effect Sunday.

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, avoid the sun, and check in on family and neighbors. Read weather advisories for the Baltimore area. Young children and pets should never be left unattended in a vehicle.

Heat records broken in the South West

Rare heat advisories have been extended even to higher elevations, including around Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevada border, with the weather service in Reno, Nevada, warning of major impacts from the heat risk even in the mountains.

What's the maximum temperature? Maximum temperatures in western Nevada and northeastern California won't drop below 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit until next weekend, the online service said. And unfortunately, there won't be much respite overnight, either.

Even more extreme temperatures are predicted in the near future, including 130°F (54.4°C) around midweek in Furnace Creek, California, in Death Valley. The highest temperature ever officially recorded on Earth was 134°F (56.67°C) in July 1913 in Death Valley, though some experts dispute this measurement and say the real record was 130°F (54.4°C), recorded there in July 2021.

Tracy Housley, from Manchester, England, said she decided to drive from her hotel in Las Vegas to Death Valley after hearing on the radio that temperatures could reach record highs.

We said, 'Let's go for it,'” Housley said Sunday. “Let's go for the experience.”

Deaths begin to rise

In Arizona's Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, there have been at least 13 confirmed heat-related deaths this year, along with more than 160 other suspected heat-related deaths that are still under investigation, according to a recent report.

That doesn't include the death of a 10-year-old boy last week in Phoenix who suffered a heat-related medical issue while hiking with his family at South Mountain Park and Preserve, police said.

California wildfires fueled by low humidity, high temperatures

In California, crews worked in sweltering conditions to battle a series of wildfires across the state.

In Santa Barbara County, northwest of Los Angeles, the Lake Fire, which had been burning since Friday, had burned more than 26.2 square miles (66.5 square kilometers) of dry grass, brush and woods. As of Sunday, there were still no measures under control. The fire was burning in a largely uninhabited wilderness area, but some rural homes were ordered to evacuate.

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This article has been edited to correct the spelling of Redding, California, and to clarify that the motorcyclist died Saturday, not Sunday.

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Beck reported from Omaha, Nebraska. Associated Press videographer Ty O'Neil in Death Valley National Park and writer Walter Berry in Phoenix contributed to this report.

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