CLIMATE CHANGE

Blistering temperatures and humidity gripped swaths of the United States

July 2026 Is Likely America's Hottest Month Ever: New Dome Hits West

July 2026 hottest month records shattered with nearly 3,000 heat records falling in three waves, as climate scientists say it may surpass July 2012 for the hottest U.S. month ever. Now 55 million Americans face a new heat dome with Phoenix at 116°F, Las Vegas at 115°F, and El Centro forecast for a record 118°F.
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Extreme Heat Alerts Span Over 200 Million Americans As A Massive Heat Dome Builds Over The US. Yet The Country Still Lacks A Federal Framework To Treat Heat As A Disaster.

Extreme heat deaths in the United States have nearly doubled since 1999, with 2,394 Americans killed in 2024 — yet federal disaster law has never declared extreme heat a major disaster, leaving FEMA unable to deploy its full toolkit even as a Fourth of July heat dome places 200 million under alerts and the Stafford Act goes unreformed.
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