Extreme Heat: Record-Breaking March in US

0:00It's March 22nd. This is global news today world coverage powered by AI. Parts of California and Arizona faced extreme heat warnings again on Saturday, with scorching conditions pushing into Nebraska just one day into spring. Temperatures hit or topped 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the southwest after a week of records, and experts predict April, May, and June will run. Hatter than average across nearly the entire United States. Forecasts called for 100 degrees in Tucson, Arizona, while the Yuma Desert eyed 105 degrees following a 112-degree mark Friday that set a new United States record for March. Seven California spots also reached triple digits a day early, and Nebraska braced for 90s before a sharp cool down into the 50s and 60s on Sunday. A husband and wife team cut their Arizona trail hike short after 170 miles, heading back to Utah because the heat sat their ability to cool off amid scarce shade and drying

1:00water. Meanwhile, a red flag warning raised wildfire risks in parts of Nebraska and Texas. All evacuation orders lifted after Nebraska's cottonwood and moral fire scorched over 1,200 square miles, but are now mostly contained in grassland areas. Officials noted this heat could shatter records over a century old. Scientists with world-weather attribution say such intense march warmth would be nearly impossible without human-driven climate change, signaling more.