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Sunday, July 24th, 2022

Alarm as Fastest Growing US Cities Risk Becoming Unliveable From Climate Crisis

Author:     Oliver Milman
Source:     The Guardian (U.K.)
Publication Date:     Wed 20 Jul 2022 | 05.00 EDT
 Link: Alarm as Fastest Growing US Cities Risk Becoming Unliveable From Climate Crisis
Stephan:   Here is what climate change is already doing to American cities. This is not something that is going to happen, it is happening.
Temperature hit 102F in San Antonio, Texas, on Monday, as more than 100 million people are currently under heat related warnings across the US. Credit: Xinhua / REX / Shutterstock

The ferocious heatwave that is gripping much of the US south and west has highlighted an uncomfortable, ominous trend – people are continuing to flock to the cities that risk becoming unlivable due to the climate crisis.

Some of the fastest-growing cities in the US are among those being roasted by record temperatures that are baking more than 100 million Americans under some sort of extreme heat warning. More than a dozen wildfires are engulfing areas from Texas to California and Alaska, with electricity blackouts feared for places where the grid is coming under severe strain.

San Antonio, Texas, which added more to its population than any other US city in the year to July 2021, has already had more than a dozen days over 100F this summer and hit 104F on Tuesday.

Phoenix, Arizona, second on the population growth rankings compiled by the US census, also hit 104F on Tuesday and has […]

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Sunday, July 24, 2022 at 12:57 pm

    We are on a path of DESTRUCTION for the human species just like all the other species we have already destroyed. We can change that path if we want to, we just need the information necessary to stop that destruction to be made available to all voters, immediately.