Southwest US roasts in devastating heat wave

Los Angeles (AFP) July 14, 2023

Tens of millions of Americans were facing dangerously high temperatures Friday as a powerful heat wave stretched from California to Texas, with its peak expected this weekend. A heat dome has been baking the southwestern states all week, posing serious health risks to the elderly, construction workers, delivery workers and the homeless. In Arizona, one of the hardest-hit states, reside