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![The temperature rise in recent decades is in line with what climate scientists projected would happen if humans kept burning fossil fuels at an increasing rate. The temperature rise in recent decades is in line with what climate scientists projected would happen if humans kept burning fossil fuels at an increasing rate.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sjm-Weather_200106656.jpg?w=140)
Sunday was hottest day on the planet – no, wait, it’s Monday
The temperature rise in recent decades is in line with what climate scientists projected would...
![A heat advisory remains in effect for the region until 11 p.m., but there is no longer an excessive heat warning. A heat advisory remains in effect for the region until 11 p.m., but there is no longer an excessive heat warning.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/EBT-L-CLOHOT-0723-03.jpg?w=132)
For Bay Area, one final day of heat before the thermometer dramatically dips
A heat advisory remains in effect for the region until 11 p.m., but there is...
![Firefighters in the West are scrambling as wildfires threaten communities in Oregon, California and Washington, with at least one Oregon fire so large that it is creating its own weather. Firefighters in the West are scrambling as wildfires threaten communities in Oregon, California and Washington, with at least one Oregon fire so large that it is creating its own weather.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Oregon_Wildfires_56070.jpg?w=117)
Wildfires threaten communities in the West as Oregon fire closes interstate, creates its own weather
Firefighters in the West are scrambling as wildfires threaten communities in Oregon, California and Washington,...
![Eight of the nine counties with the most federal declared disasters since 2011 — more than a dozen each — are in Kentucky, with the one in Vermont. Eight of the nine counties with the most federal declared disasters since 2011 — more than a dozen each — are in Kentucky, with the one in Vermont.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sjm-aster-Hot-Spots_200347742.jpg?w=132)
Inland counties top federal disasters list
Eight of the nine counties with the most federal declared disasters since 2011 — more...
![Young children and pregnant women were among the victims in Kencho Shacha Gozdi district of southern Ethiopia, said Dagmawi Ayele, a local administrator, adding that at least five people have been pulled out alive. Young children and pregnant women were among the victims in Kencho Shacha Gozdi district of southern Ethiopia, said Dagmawi Ayele, a local administrator, adding that at least five people have been pulled out alive.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sjm-dly-Mudslides_200350118.jpg?w=132)
Mudslides have killed more than 200 in Ethiopia
Young children and pregnant women were among the victims in Kencho Shacha Gozdi district of...
![An excessive heat warning and advisory for areas of the region remained in effect Tuesday. An excessive heat warning and advisory for areas of the region remained in effect Tuesday.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/EBT-L-CLOHOT-0723-01.jpg?w=132)
Sizzling hot month to reach Bay Area crescendo before long-term relief settles into weather pattern
An excessive heat warning and advisory for areas of the region remained in effect Tuesday.
![The weather service issued an excessive heat warning and a heat advisory for areas of the region. The weather service issued an excessive heat warning and a heat advisory for areas of the region.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-HEATWAVE-0702-04.jpg?w=132)
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One final July heat wave for Bay Area on tap as temps will approach 100 in hottest areas
The weather service issued an excessive heat warning and a heat advisory for areas of...
![California grid operators are still on the lookout for potential problems as the summer wears on. California grid operators are still on the lookout for potential problems as the summer wears on.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SUT-L-CAISO-ControlCenter-0722-01.jpg?w=132)
California’s power grid stood up to a recent heat wave but summer is far from over
California grid operators are still on the lookout for potential problems as the summer wears...
![California experts have discovered dangerous levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning, or PSP, toxins in mussels within the pair of coastal counties that can cause illness or death, according to the release. California experts have discovered dangerous levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning, or PSP, toxins in mussels within the pair of coastal counties that can cause illness or death, according to the release.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/searanch4.jpg?w=132)
State cautions against recreational shellfish harvesting in Santa Cruz, Monterey counties
California experts have discovered dangerous levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning, or PSP, toxins in mussels...
![Evacuations have been ordered for the Eagle and Hawarden fires, which began Sunday afternoon. Evacuations have been ordered for the Eagle and Hawarden fires, which began Sunday afternoon.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/riv-co-fire.jpg?w=132)
Map: Hawarden and Eagle fires
Evacuations have been ordered for the Eagle and Hawarden fires, which began Sunday afternoon.