Currently en República Dominicana — 18 de julio, 2023: Onda tropical mantendrá las lluvias en República Dominicana durante las próximas 24 horas

El tiempo, currently.

En las próximas 24 horas continuarán las precipitaciones en gran parte de República Dominicana por la combinación de la onda tropical número 21 y una vaguada en la región del Caribe: estos fenómenos, unidos a la humedad ambiental y las temperaturas calurosas, tendrán su influencia para provocar los aguaceros acompañados de descargas eléctricas.

Para este martes, se espera la incidencia directa de la onda por lo que seguiremos bajo los efectos del sistema atmosférico generando lluvias en el sur, suroeste, sureste, noreste, Cordillera Central, zona fronteriza y algunas comunidades del norte.

A pesar de las lluvias, persistirá la sensación calurosa en todo el territorio dominicano. Y damos seguimiento a una amplia nube de polvo del Sahara que se desplaza en el Atlántico hacia la región del Caribe, donde llegará a partir del miércoles.

— Jean Suriel

What you can do, currently.

The climate emergency doesn’t take the summer off. In fact — as we’ve been reporting — we’re heading into an El Niño that could challenge historical records and is already supercharging weather and climate impacts around the world.

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What you need to know, currently.

Shortly after midnight on Monday morning it was still a whopping 120°F (48.9°C) at Death Valley in California — the hottest early morning temperature reading in world history.

Here’s what the raw data looked like:

Even though this may not make global headlines, this feels to me like a major global milestone. Public health studies show that excessively hot overnight temperatures cause high death tolls during major heat waves, especially when overnight temperatures fail to fall below 90°F (32.2°C). The human body requires rest at night to recover, especially when subjected to high stress of record heat. Climate change — specifically the added humidity in the air due to increased evaporation rates — causes overnight temperatures to rise at a faster rate than daytime temperatures, worsening this trend.

—Eric Holthaus

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