ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「An oppressive heat wave that baked Texas and Oklahoma last week, contributing to several deaths, is raising the heat index to dangerous levels from Kansas City, Missouri, to the Florida Keys. Temperatures will climb up to 20 degrees above normal for much of the region through at least the weekend, reaching the high 90s or low 100s in many places. The heat index — a measure of how heat and humidity make the air feel — will be even higher. The unusual early-summer temperatures across the South are the result of a “heat dome” of high pressure, akin to a lid on a pot that holds in steam, that has hovered over Texas and northern Mexico for more than a week. California and other Western states are expected to see higher temperatures this weekend because of a separate heat dome. Temperatures around the world this month have been at their highest levels in decades for this time of year. The spike reflects two factors that are shaping what forecasters say could be a multiyear period of exceptional warmth for the planet: humans’ continued emissions of heat-trapping gases and the return, after three years, of the natural climate pattern known as El Niño. Tap the link in our bio for live updates. Photos by @etl_photo, @orr_photo, @btarnowski, @callaghan_ohare and @cesar_rodriguezb」6月30日 9時32分