The extended heat wave will continue through the week, according to the National Weather Service.
An unusually wet year is responsible for the biblical-seeming swarm of pallid-winged grasshoppers, according to entomologists.
Dozens of flights out of Phoenix, Arizona, have been cancelled because of extreme heat.
County health officials have detected a species of mosquito responsible for spreading Zika and other viruses for the first time in Southern Nevada.
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