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Heat wave spanning from Florida to California prompts urgent warnings

Extreme heat is the number one weather-related killer in an average year in the U.S.

Axios

How extreme heat takes a toll on the mind and body, according to experts

The Southwestern U.S. is bracing for another week of blistering temperatures

The Independent UK

Brutal, Triple-digit Heat Grips The Southwest

The intense, sweltering heat will continue to grip the Southwest this week, which can place additional stress on the energy grid.

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Dangerous heat waves will hit the Southwest and Florida over the next week

The National Weather Service has warned people in several cities, including Phoenix and Miami, to avoid the sun over the coming days as temperatures climb to life-threatening numbers.

WEKU

Heat Wave Sweeps West, Pacific Northwest Gets Temporary Relief

Cool air from the Pacific Ocean will bring relief to parts of the west, but heat will persist in the Southwest.

Zenger

US forest managers urge revelers to swap fireworks for Silly String, but some say not so fast

U.S. Forest Service managers are urging people in the drought-stricken Southwest to forgo the fireworks this July Fourth, suggesting instead that cans of red, white and blue Silly String could be used to celebrate

The Independent UK

All-time high school QB rankings: Southwest region

For this group we pulled the all-time great high school quarterbacks from teams in the following states: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

USA Today Sports Media Group

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Orange alert in Idukki, yellow alert for eight districts today

The Southwest monsoon, which made a weak onset over Kerala, is likely to revive in the coming days.

The Hindu

Supreme Court rules the US is not required to ensure access to water for the Navajo Nation

The Navajo Nation, the largest Native American reservation in the U.S., covers 27,000 square miles (70,000 square kilometers) in the Southwest – an area larger than 10 states. Today it is home to more than 250,000 people – roughly comparable to the population of St. Petersburg, Florida, or Winston-Salem, North…

The Conversation

Nat-Gas Prices Shake Off Bearish EIA Report

July Nymex natural gas (NGN23 ) on Thursday closed up +0.011 (+0.42%) but remained below Tuesday's 1-month high. Hot weather continues to be a bullish factor for nat-gas prices, with the scorching weather in Texas expected to last into next week and possibly extend to the Southwest. Utilities in Texas...

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Nat-Gas Prices Rally on Continued Scorching Temps in Texas

July Nymex natural gas (NGN23 ) on Wednesday closed up +0.105 (+4.21%) and moved back up towards Tuesday's 1-month high. July nat-gas Wednesday rallied on the continued scorching weather in Texas. Maxar is predicting continued triple-digit temperatures in Texas and that heat could extend to the Southwest, although the 11-15...

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Movie review: Funny, profound 'Asteroid City' feels like movie of the summer

The Southwest meets the celestial — and the stage — in Wes Anderson’s latest ditty “Asteroid City,” in which the auteur brings his singular blend of melancholy charm to a story about the stars, of all kinds.

Tribune News Service

Heat wave triggers big storms, power outages in US Southeast, raises wildfire concerns in Southwest

Triple-digit temperatures have prompted severe weather and another round of heat advisories across much of the southern United States

The Independent UK

Review: Wes Anderson's gorgeous 'Asteroid City' is more starry than stellar

"Asteroid City," Wes Anderson's half-irritating, half-intoxicating desert bloom of a movie, unfolds mostly in 1955 in a small Southwest town — a postcard-perfect oasis surrounded by cactuses, red rocks and vast horizons.

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Cormac McCarthy, ‘No Country for Old Men’ author, dies at 89

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist took readers from the southern Appalachians to the desert Southwest in such novels as “The Road,” “Blood Meridian” and “All the Pretty Horses.”

Daily Mirror

UK weather: Exact date of mini-heatwave as Brits to bask in 27C scorcher

Met Office forecasters say be warmest in Wales and the Southwest of England this week but, like in the past couple of days, there will be a West-East split in the weather

Space

The ultimate guide to planning epic stargazing road trips in the US southwest

Explore the U.S. Southwest's best sites for stargazing with our helpful guide. From canyons and valleys to snow-capped mountains and world-class observatories.

Zenger

Summer Like Pattern Keeping Northwest Unusually Warm Will Fuel Frequent Thunderstorms In Southwest

A weather pattern will keep a large portion of the northwestern United States warm into the weekend

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The Independent UK

Senate to vote on solar tariffs, prairie bird protections

The Senate is expected to approve a measure Wednesday that would reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries after President Joe Biden paused them in a bid to boost solar installations in the U.S. Lawmakers also will vote late Wednesday on a separate plan to undo…

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Boston’s Jaylen Brown sports custom sneakers paying homage to Mesoamerican ball game

Associated with the ancestors of today's indigenous cultures of what is today Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, the Caribbean, and the US Southwest, the sport bears a clear resemblance to basketball.

Tribune News Service

Cities shrink but immigrants help stem population losses

Continuing a pandemic trend, Americans are moving to the South and Southwest and from cities to the suburbs in search of more space and homes they can afford, recent government data indicates.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Drought and flood, California’s double whammy

Just as federal officials were laying out alternative scenarios last week for steep water supply cuts from the Colorado River due to the drying Southwest, California officials were warning that this year’s historic Sierra snowpack could flood much of the state later this year.

Fortune

The rules governing the Colorado River were made for a ‘previous world’ and the West is now confronting a 21st century nightmare as it runs dry

Fixing the Southwest’s water supply problem will be painful, and the big question might be ‘how to distribute that pain.’

The Independent UK

Snowmelt leads to heavy flooding from Southwest to Rockies

A rapid spring snowmelt after an unusually wet winter is unleashing flooding from the Southwest to the Rockies, causing residents there and in the Upper Midwest to stock up on sandbags amid surging creeks and rivers

Los Angeles Times

US presents proposals for major water cuts on Colorado River

LOS ANGELES — The federal government on Tuesday laid out two options for preventing the Colorado River’s depleted reservoirs from falling to critically low levels, saying it could either impose cuts across the Southwest by following the water-rights priority system or by using an across-the-board percentage.

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