Temperature records could be broken from northern Montana to southern California, as 56 million people are under excessive heat warnings as heat warnings. “The historic heatwave in the West could last until Wednesday, as nearly 70 cities could set or bind records,” CNN meteorologist Gene Norman said. A mountain of …
Read More »Death Valley recorded just the hottest temperature on Earth
The warmest, driest and lowest national park in California and Nevada recorded a preliminary high temperature of 130 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday, according to the National Water Service (NWS). The full time of 134 degrees, reported more than 100 years ago, was also recorded in Death Valley. It will be …
Read More »New COVID-19 cases flatten in ‘virtually all counties’ in Washington
A mural in Seattle. (SDOT, Flickr Creative Commons) Washington recently received some good news, with the latest update from the Department of Health indicating that the state’s COVID-19 outbreak is starting to trend in the right direction. Washington Department of Health changes test reporting for COVID-19 “The flattening of new …
Read More »California Gavin Newsom demands probe of power blackouts
Early beachgoers secure spots on the coast near Santa Barbara, California, on Sunday, August 16, 2020, as the superyacht Bravo Eugenia lies offshore. John Antczak | AP A restless California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an emergency proclamation allowing some energy users and utilities to tap backup energy sources amid a …
Read More »How to download Darker Sky on Android
Screenshot: Brendan Hesse Dark Sky was the go-to weather app for many Android users. That is, until it was removed from the Google Store after Apple launched it and made it a first-party product. Various Android apps provide similar, super-localized weather reports, but some of us are just not over …
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