- July 6, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Economy
Summer time in California, America’s golden state, is usually the stuff of dreams.
In recent weeks, however, the West Coast has found itself trapped in a waking nightmare.
Widespread areas of high pressure and intense temperature spikes, dubbed ‘heat domes’, are battering the region.
Los Angeles is sweating even more than usual, while state capital Sacramento recorded a record high temperature of nearly 43 degrees Celsius.
Now, the world’s fifth largest economy faces an unprecedented challenge: how to cope with such extreme weather events without coming to a standstill.
Part of the problem is the urban heat island effect, in which buildings cause densely populated areas to capture more heat, turning them into pressure cookers.
In the intense heat infrastructure is coming to a standstill, roads have buckled and power lines have melted. Heat has always been part and parcel of life in southern California, but the mercury is climbing…
