Zion National Park was open Wednesday but visitors were told to anticipate delays as park officials clean up from a flash flood that closed the popular park in southern Utah.
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Authorities briefly shut down a section of state Route 169 near Overton because of flooding. Monsoonal rains are expected over the next two days, the National Weather Service said.
Monsoon rains that have largely avoided the Las Vegas Valley the past few summers could make a return this week, says the National Weather Service.
Temperatures are expected to rise to above normal through the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
McCarran International Airport on Thursday saw its first measurable rainfall in June as thunderstorms swept through the Las Vegas Valley but did little damage.
This week’s heat wave continued to smother Las Vegas on Friday, but the city fell just short of a third record-breaking day in a row.
Thursday matched a decades-old record for highest daily temperature, as an excessive heat warning has been extended through Sunday in the Las Vegas Valley.
Laughlin likely recorded the hottest temperature in Nevada on Wednesday and may have broken the town’s temperature record for the date.
Carmen Millan says she usually goes without air conditioning in her ground-floor apartment in Las Vegas. Wednesday’s high was 116.
Temperatures in Las Vegas Valley continued to ascend Tuesday toward possible record highs in what the National Weather Service says is the hottest spell in eight decades.
Excessive heat next week in Las Vegas has the potential to reach all-time record high temperatures, according to the National Weather Service.
Next week will bring the hottest days of the year with highs reaching 116 and perhaps near the all-time Las Vegas record, according to the National Weather Service.
An increased fire danger will exist through Wednesday evening as the Las Vegas region moves back to normal June temperatures, according to the National Weather Service.
McCarran International Airport set a record for June 4 with a high of 109 degrees, tying the 1990 record, the weather agency reported Friday.