A streak of 110-degree days is frying Phoenix, and an unrelenting heat wave is punishing Texas and other parts of the South. “If the heat wave continues there will be more people saying that they don’t have the money to pay for cooling," said Neada Executive Director Mark Wolfe. Last month was the world’s hottest June in the 174-year global climate record tracked by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. Canada, which is suffering its worst wildfire season on record, saw record temperatures in the north. Restaurant workers can risk getting heat stroke when they cook over hot stoves in a heat wave.

Source: Wall Street Journal July 15, 2023 14:23 UTC