An early-season heat wave in the U.S. Southwest is prompting increased activity from scorpions and rattlesnakes, experts say.
The “anomalously early and record-breaking heatwave” is expected to continue to intensify across the western U.S., expanding east into the Great Plains this week, according to the Weather Prediction Center (WPC).
Heat is expected to intensify over the coming days, with highs soaring into the 80s and 90s from California eastward through the Great Basin, Rockies, and Plains, and triple‑digit temperatures developing in Southern California and the Desert Southwest…