美国西部持续热浪 已造成多人伤亡

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DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — 在周末引发了死亡事件并打破记录后,长期持续的热浪将于周一再次笼罩美国,东海岸和南部大部分地区也预测会有高温。

这种危险的高温导致了死亡谷一名摩托车手的死亡。

美国热浪发生时,6月份的全球温度连续第13个月创下了新高,并且印度气候服务Copernicus表示,这是全球温度连续第12个月比工业化前时代高出1.5摄氏度(2.7华氏度)。

美国国家气象局发布了最高级别的极度高温警告,针对加利福尼亚州、内华达州、亚利桑那州、俄勒冈州、华盛顿州和爱达荷州等地,以及东海岸和佛罗里达州、乔治亚州、亚拉巴马州和密西西比州等地的部分地区发布了高温警告。

在周末,西部和太平洋西北部的许多地区创下或打破了先前的高温记录。

加利福尼亚州东部的死亡谷国家公园周六和周日记录了128华氏度(53.3摄氏度)的高温,其中一名游客在周六因高温导致死亡,另一人被送往医院,官员表示。

这两名游客是一群六名骑摩托车穿越恶水盆地地区的人中的一员,在灼热的天气中,公园在一份声明中说。

死者未被确认身份。另一名摩托车手被送往拉斯维加斯医院接受治疗,“热病严重”,声明说。由于高温,紧急医疗直升机无法响应,因为飞机通常在120华氏度(48.8摄氏度)以上无法安全飞行,官员表示。

队伍的其他四名成员在现场接受了治疗。

“尽管现在是在死亡谷体验潜在创下世界纪录高温的非常激动人心的时刻,但我们鼓励游客慎重选择他们的活动,避免在这种高温下长时间停留在没有空调的车辆或建筑物外面,”公园管理人员迈克·雷诺兹说。

官方警告称,在炎热天气下,热病和受伤是逐渐累积并可以在一天或几天内加重的。

Across the desert in Nevada, Las Vegas on Sunday set a record high of 120 F (48.8 C).

Triple-digit temperatures were common across Oregon, where several records were toppled, including in Salem, where on Sunday it hit 103 F (39.4 C), topping the 99 F (37.2 C) mark set in 1960.

“Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors,” read a weather service advisory for the Baltimore area. “Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances.”

Heat records shattered across the Southwest

Rare heat advisories were extended even into higher elevations including around Lake Tahoe, on the border of California and Nevada, with the weather service in Reno, Nevada, warning of “major heat risk impacts, even in the mountains.”

“How hot are we talking? Well, high temperatures across (western Nevada and northeastern California) won’t get below 100 degrees (37.8 C) until next weekend,” the service posted online. “And unfortunately, there won’t be much relief overnight either.”

More extreme highs are in the near forecast, including possibly 130 F (54.4 C) around midweek at Furnace Creek, California, in Death Valley. The hottest temperature ever officially recorded on Earth was 134 F (56.67 C) in July 1913 in Death Valley, though some experts dispute that measurement and say the real record was 130 F (54.4 C), recorded there in July 2021.

Weber reported from Los Angeles. AP journalists Margery Beck in Omaha, Nebraska, and Walter Berry in Phoenix contributed to this report.