{"id":964888,"date":"2024-07-09T05:34:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T05:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=964888"},"modified":"2024-07-09T05:34:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T05:34:04","slug":"record-breaking-high-temperatures-along-us-west-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/record-breaking-high-temperatures-along-us-west-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-breaking high temperatures along US West Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Las Vegas saw record-breaking temperatures of 48.3 \u00b0C on Sunday July 7 as a widespread heat wave delivered a fresh batch of record temperatures along the US West Coast.<\/p>\n<p>About 36 million people, roughly 10% of the country, were under excessive heat warnings coming from the heat dome centered over California, the National Weather Service said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Video from Saturday July 6 showed tourists braving excessive heat along the Las Vegas strip. Several tourists said they limited time outdoors and saw the sights mainly at night.<\/p>\n<p>In Death Valley National Park along the California-Nevada border, the NWS projects highs near 54 \u00b0C through Friday.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the thermometer reached a 17-year record which tied a record that was set in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Another 36 million people are under heat advisories, while about 1 million people face excessive heat watches, including eastern Oregon, northeastern Nevada and southwestern Idaho.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NWS projects highs near 54 \u00b0C through Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":964889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1277],"tags":[909,910,911],"class_list":["post-964888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-2","tag-130-degrees-fahrenheit","tag-las-vegas","tag-record-breaking-temperatures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=964888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/964889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=964888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=964888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=964888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}