LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Pacific Northwest could experience a historic heat wave in the coming days that has the potential to shatter long-standing temperature records, strain power grids and endanger vulnerable residents, forecasters said on Wednesday.
A high-pressure dome was building over the upper northwest and Canada, the National Weather Service said, similar to the atmospheric conditions that punished California and U.S. Southwestern states last week.
“This will be setting the stage for the beginning of a potential historic heat wave for the Northwest this weekend,” the weather service said in issuing excessive heat watches for parts of California, Oreg…
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