California girds for punishing heat wave

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 05, 2024 12:06 am

(UPDATE) LOS ANGELES, California — Californians were warned on Tuesday to prepare to swelter as a fearsome heat wave settles over the western American state.

The mercury was forecast to top out at a scorching 113 degrees Fahrenheit (45 degrees Celsius) in parts of Los Angeles later in the week, marking the high point of an already hot summer.

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