The Worst Climate Disasters of 2022

Kirstie Allemand arranges cardboard above an air conditioning unit in her window during soaring temperatures on July 28, 2022 in Ellensburg, Washington.

Kirstie Allemand arranges cardboard above an air-con unit in her window throughout hovering temperatures on July 28, 2022 in Ellensburg, Washington.
Photo: David Ryder (Getty Images)

July was a dangerously sizzling yr everywhere in the world, together with the U.S.

Several place throughout the nation noticed extra-sweltering temperatures. Houston, Texas skilled its hottest July on record. July 11 broke a record for the most well liked temperatures recorded within the metropolis for that date, at 103 levels Fahrenheit (39.4 levels Celsius).

Other cities skilled record-breaking temperatures on July 24: Boston at 100 levels Fahrenheit (38 levels Celsius) and Providence, Rhode Island at 98 levels Fahrenheit (36.6 levels Celsius), the New York Times reported.

Historically temperate components of the nation, like cities throughout the Pacific Northwest, weren’t spared. Portland, Oregon skilled six days over 95 levels Fahrenheit (35 levels Celsius) that month. At least seven people within the space died on account of the warmth.

In late July, but one other warmth wave put greater than 100 million Americans beneath a warmth warning or advisory.


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