INQUIRER.net: Phoenix, Las Vegas bake in scorching heat

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INQUIRER.net Philippine News for Filipinos

Phoenix, Las Vegas bake in scorching heat Jun 29th 2013, 02:38 PHOENIX — A blazing heat wave expected to send the mercury soaring to nearly 120 degrees (49 Celsius) in Phoenix and Las Vegas over the weekend settled across the West on Friday, threatening to ground airliners and raising fears that pets will get burned on the scalding pavement. The heat was so punishing that rangers took up positions at trailheads at Lake Mead in Nevada to persuade people not to hike. Zookeepers in Phoenix hosed down the elephants and fed tigers frozen fish snacks. And tourists at California's Death Valley took photos of the harsh landscape and a thermometer that read 121. The mercury there was expected to reach nearly 130 degrees (54 Celsius) through the w... Keep on reading: Phoenix, Las Vegas bake in scorching heat Media files: West-Heat-Wave-Photo-_Ordo.jpg (image/jpeg)

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