Record-Breaking Heatwave in US Desert Towns

0:00On March 21st, a small community near Martinez Lake in the Arizona desert hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday, smashing the highest. March temperature ever recorded in the US. That topped the old record of 108 degrees set in Texas back in 1954, which got tied Wednesday by a spot in California and matched Thursday in several other desert towns there. Lake cities felt the burn too, with Phoenix reaching 105 degrees to set a new march mark. Hiking trails shutting down over heat risks and places like San Diego, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and even San Francisco logging their hottest late winter days. The heat wave is running 20 to 30 degrees above normal for March, with forecast calling for more triple digits through the weekend in spots, like Thermal California before things cool a bit Sunday. Want to say this kind of scorching event is now four times more likely because of human cause climate change, turning what used to be rare into something we have to watch closely.