Record Heat Set to Roast Los Angeles and the Southwest
The high temperatures will cut into California’s snowpack, raising the risk that drought will return.
It’s March, but someone didn’t tell that to the weather in the western US. The region is about to be hit by an intense heat wave with summer-like temperatures that will break records and cut into California’s already-dwindling snowpack.
Today’s newsletter has the latest forecast, including how many records could fall . Plus, the International Energy Agency is releasing 400 million barrels of oil in what its executive director called an “emergency collective action of unprecedented size” in response to the war in Iran.