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Summer

Swelter

Heat waves ripple across the tarmac at Sky Harbor International Airport as downtown Phoenix stands in the background as an airplane lands, Tuesday, June 20, 2017
in Phoenix. Phoenix hit a high of 118 on Monday with an excessive heat warning in place until Saturday.
(AP Photo/Matt York)

Cheering 1st Day of Summer? Not in Phoenix with 120 Expected

PHOENIX (AP) — The first reached 120 degrees in say deadly heat waves like Palm Springs, California, hit huddled under an excava-
day of summer brought some desert cities. this one are going to grow 120, still two degrees lower tor to find a sliver of a shade
some of the worst heat the Arizona is seeing some of more frequent. than a June four years ago. during a break. At another
Southwest U.S. has seen the most dramatic tem- The forecast called for a The operator of California’s building site, men in hard
in years, forcing flights to peratures Tuesday, but the high of 120 degrees (49 power grid called on peo- hats and yellow vests la-
be canceled, straining the heat wave is being felt degrees Celsius) in Phoe- ple to conserve electricity bored and sweated in the
power grid and making life across Nevada and Cali- nix, which it hasn’t seen in during peak hours. heat and downed water to
miserable for workers toil- fornia, too. more than two decades, Workers at a construction stay hydrated.
ing in temperatures that It comes as researchers and 126 in Death Valley. site in a Phoenix suburb Continued on page 3