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The National Weather Service issued extreme heat warnings on Friday for much of the southwest, from Los Angeles and coastal southern California to Las Vegas. Authorities also warned against leaving children or pets in cars. The unusually intense heat, arriving as winter ends, has alarmed climate experts.
“This heat wave would be virtually impossible for the time of year in a world without human-induced climate change,” the World Weather Attribution network said in a report.
“These findings leave no room for doubt. Climate change is pushing weather into extremes that would have been unthinkable in a pre-industrial world,” said Friederike Otto, a professor at Imperial College London.
The scientists described the event as so rare that, despite rising global temperatures, such extremes would be expected only once every 500 years.
“In the US West, the seasons people and nature relied on for centuries are disappearing, putting many — including outdoor workers and those without air conditioning — at risk,” she said. “The threat isn’t distant — it is here, it is worsening, and policy must catch up with reality.”
“This heat wave would be virtually impossible for the time of year in a world without human-induced climate change,” the World Weather Attribution network said in a report.
“These findings leave no room for doubt. Climate change is pushing weather into extremes that would have been unthinkable in a pre-industrial world,” said Friederike Otto, a professor at Imperial College London.
The scientists described the event as so rare that, despite rising global temperatures, such extremes would be expected only once every 500 years.
“In the US West, the seasons people and nature relied on for centuries are disappearing, putting many — including outdoor workers and those without air conditioning — at risk,” she said. “The threat isn’t distant — it is here, it is worsening, and policy must catch up with reality.”
