Phoenix extends record heat streak as Washington wildfire moves into Canada

Phoenix endured his 31 days in a row temperatures of at least 110°F on Sunday, as California Forest fire it spread to Nevada and another fire threatened border communities in Washington state and Canada.

Driving the news: UN World Meteorological Organization Notes climate change has “caused a wave” in extreme weather reports, including Canada’s Historic Wildfires and the dangerous, continuous record heat wave in the United States and other countries.

Status of the situation: He Eagle Bluff Fire that broke out in Washington on Saturday has increased to around 10,000 acres as of Sunday night and the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office has evacuated nearby homes at risk from the fire, per inciweb.

• Canadian officials saying The fire has burned some 2,200 acres in western Canada and was just over two miles from Osoyoos, prompting authorities to issue evacuation orders for more than 700 homes in and around the British Columbia city.
• The York fire that ignited on Friday in Mojave National Preserveeastern California, had burned out of control through some 30,000 acres before spreading to Nevada.

Threat level: Wildfires have burned an unprecedented amount 31 million acres of land in Canada this season, according to the Canadian Interagency Wildland Fire Center.

• More than 1,000 wildfires were burning across Canada on Sunday, including the largest fire in British Columbia’s history, the Donnie Creek Firewho killed a firefighter on Friday, taking the number of firefighters who They lost their lives while responding to wildfires this season to three.
• “The fires have forced more than 120,000 people to evacuate their homes and polluted air for millions of people in North America,” according to a World Meteorological Organization statement last week in Canada’s record-breaking wildfire season.

Meanwhile, energy insecurity researchers are probing alarm about the impact of the prolonged heat wave on low income residents WHO i can’t afford air conditioning as extreme heat warnings were in effect for almost 77 million people on Monday.

• “Nearly 3 million people have their electricity cut off annually because they can’t pay their monthly bills,” according to the Energy Justice Lab at Indiana University.

What we are seeing: The National Weather Service saying “Dangerous Heat Wave” will continue along the Gulf Coast into parts of the Southeast, the Lower Mississippi Valley, and the South Central Plains, such as “dry conditions persist over the Pacific Northwest” this week.

• Red flag warnings they were in effect for parts of Washington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho.
• Phoenix’s streak of consecutive days at 110°F or higher that has eclipsed the previous record of 18 days could end Monday with the expected arrival of thunderstorms to bring some temporary relief. The scorching heat was expected to return on Wednesday.
• Of note: The record streak of high temperatures of more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit in El Paso, Texas, ended Sunday after 44 days in which the city reached 97 degrees Fahrenheit. He Notes from the National Weather Service this was 21 days longer than the previous record, set in 1994.

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Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with new details.