An unnamed hurricane off Baja California is drawing winds, clouds and moisture toward the valley.
Marvin Clemons
Former Digital Content Producer
Before the big win Tuesday night, there had been 31 straight drawings since the last time someone won the game’s jackpot on April 18.
A single ticket sold at the Spring Valley Market in Victorville, California, won the state’s SuperLotto Plus drawing Saturday night.
Detectives are investigating a suspicious death in the southwest Las Vegas Valley.
The Tuesday drawing will be worth an estimated $1.55 billion, the third-biggest jackpot in U.S. lottery history.
A man faces charges ranging from DUI resulting in substantial bodily harm to battery and intimidation of a police officer after a Tuesday afternoon crash and arrest in the northwest valley.
“Unsafe behavior” has been a problem this summer, a park official said. Pool toys and sudden winds are causing frequent dangerous situations.
Gunfire activity caused police to close East Charleston Boulevard east of downtown Las Vegas on Thursday evening.
The July record comes as the weather service said the 14 days ending Saturday were the hottest two weeks in Las Vegas history.
The Las Vegas area has a chance of isolated thunderstorms through Wednesday.
The average of the high and low each day for July stood at a record 97.6 degrees through Saturday. Some relief might come with a chance of rain through Tuesday.
The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an estimated $1.05 billion after no ticket drawn Friday night matched the winning umbers.
The high reached 110 on Sunday, but moisture and cloud cover may make it hard to extend the streak to 11 days, says the National Weather Service.
Park rangers are endangered by heat as well as visitors, say park officials. And heat sometimes prevents helicopters from getting enough lift.
The airport unofficially reached 100 degrees by 8:45 a.m. Satuday and rose to 115 just at 2:30 p.m. as the heat streak boils on. The record for the date was 114 in 1937.