While the summer heat makes air conditioning indispensable for many, a survey of local county and city building codes showed that almost none guarantee a home will have air conditioning.
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The number of heat related deaths in Clark County this year has reached 12, the coroner’s office reported Tuesday. That figure is seven higher than the toll reported last week.
Firefighters yelled “reach for the rope! Reach for the rope!” at a fellow rescuer swimming down the lazy river at Wet’n’Wild Las Vegas Wednesday morning, demonstrating how rescue workers retrieve residents swept up in a flash flood’s current.
At 2:47 p.m., the taco truck on Las Vegas Boulevard and Bonanza Road hit 115 degrees. With the ovens on and the meat cooking on the rotisserie, it’d be 130. The metal refrigerators were hot to the touch.
The day’s high-temperature mark had been reached three times previously since 1942, according to the National Weather Service.
Even as Monday’s temperature hit 113 degrees, Adam Reynolds was pacing the sidewalk in front of the Bellagio dressed as a “Star Wars” stormtrooper. Like most Strip performers, Reynolds makes money by posing for pictures with tourists and collecting tips.
The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning over the weekend that will last through Friday, with forecast highs above 110 degrees for the entire week, and the possibility Tuesday of reaching all-time high.
