<\/p>\n\n\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n[FILES] New York, United States<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe United States is bracing for a weekend of extremely hot weather, with major cities including New York and Washington expecting temperatures close to or exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius).<\/p>\nNearly 150 million people across the country are facing hazardous temperatures in a heatwave forecast to stretch from the Midwestern plains to the Atlantic coast, the National Weather Service said Friday.<\/p>\nHeat warnings have also been issued in parts of eastern Canada.<\/p>\nNew York City has opened 500 cooling centers for residents to escape the extreme weather.<\/p>\n\u201cSaturday is going to be really, really bad, on through Sunday,\u201d said Mayor Bill de Blasio in a warning to the city.<\/p>\n\u201cTake care of yourself, don\u2019t go out in the heat if you don\u2019t need to\u2026 This is serious, serious stuff.\u201d<\/p>\nClimate data showed June was the hottest month on record worldwide, with a heatwave across Europe smashing national temperature records.<\/p>\nJune temperatures across the continent were 3C hotter than the baseline average between 1850-1900, the European Union\u2019s Copernicus Climate Change Service found.<\/p>\nTemperatures soared earlier this month in the northwestern US state of Alaska, which straddles the Arctic Circle, with largest city Anchorage hitting an all-time high of 90F.<\/p>\nAccording to scientists, Alaska is warming at twice the rate of the global average.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n
\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n[FILES] New York, United States<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe United States is bracing for a weekend of extremely hot weather, with major cities including New York and Washington expecting temperatures close to or exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius).<\/p>\nNearly 150 million people across the country are facing hazardous temperatures in a heatwave forecast to stretch from the Midwestern plains to the Atlantic coast, the National Weather Service said Friday.<\/p>\nHeat warnings have also been issued in parts of eastern Canada.<\/p>\nNew York City has opened 500 cooling centers for residents to escape the extreme weather.<\/p>\n\u201cSaturday is going to be really, really bad, on through Sunday,\u201d said Mayor Bill de Blasio in a warning to the city.<\/p>\n\u201cTake care of yourself, don\u2019t go out in the heat if you don\u2019t need to\u2026 This is serious, serious stuff.\u201d<\/p>\nClimate data showed June was the hottest month on record worldwide, with a heatwave across Europe smashing national temperature records.<\/p>\nJune temperatures across the continent were 3C hotter than the baseline average between 1850-1900, the European Union\u2019s Copernicus Climate Change Service found.<\/p>\nTemperatures soared earlier this month in the northwestern US state of Alaska, which straddles the Arctic Circle, with largest city Anchorage hitting an all-time high of 90F.<\/p>\nAccording to scientists, Alaska is warming at twice the rate of the global average.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n
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