What Record-Shattering Heat Is Doing To US Cities

Portland hit a record of 115 degrees Fahrenheit Monday, as locations across the region notched new all-time highs.

The brutally hot weather that's already pushed U.S. Northwest temperatures to record highs worsened Monday and is set to smother the region all week. Hot weather 🥵 will persist over much of interior #NorCal this week. The Delta Breeze will provide relief for the #Sacramento and #Stockton areas for most of the week. #CAwxpic.twitter.com/Rssb2VfyZR Portland hit a record of 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 Celsius) Monday, as locations across the region notched new all-time highs. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport touched 108 degrees, while in Canada, Lytton in British Columbia set a new national record a day after shattering a previous high that had stood since 1937. Avista Corp., which operates a unit providing electricity to about 340,000 customers across four northwestern states, said late Monday that it was taking the unusual step of temporarily shutting off power to some customers. Others were suffering from unplanned blackouts due to "heat overload," the utility said. The extended heat wave gripping a region usually defined by cool and rain is the latest example of searing weather around the globe as climate change drives temperatures to records. Moscow last week was its hottest since 1901, and the United Arab Emirates recently hit 125.