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Sept 4 (Reuters) – Report excessive temperatures had been anticipated in California’s Central Valley from Sacramento to outdoors of Los Angeles on Sunday, with officers warning that the harmful warmth wave may afflict the state via the top of the week and check the boundaries of the electrical grid.
State officers on Sunday had been urging residents to restrict their energy utilization for the fifth day in a row as power demand spiked and temperatures had been nonetheless on the rise.
The worst of the warmth was concentrated within the Central Valley on Sunday, the place temperatures may climb to 109 levels Fahrenheit. The thermometer may hit 115 levels by midweek, the Nationwide Climate Service mentioned, warning residents to remain indoors to keep away from heat-related sickness.
“The warmth wave begins in earnest as we speak with harmful temperatures now forecast to increase via the top of the week,” Nationwide Climate Service Sacramento wrote on Twitter on Sunday.
The Southern California metropolis of San Diego, which set a file temperature on Saturday of 95 levels, may set one other file on Sunday, Nationwide Climate Service forecaster Tony Fracasso mentioned, though an opportunity of afternoon thunderstorms may provide some reduction.
The California Impartial System Operator (ISO), which oversees the state’s electrical grid, prolonged a “flex alert” to a fifth day, asking state residents to set their thermostats to 78 levels or increased, keep away from utilizing main home equipment, and switch off lights to be able to preserve power.
“Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday specifically are shaping as much as be essentially the most tough of this warmth wave,” the company mentioned in a information launch.
It added that the state’s ongoing wildfires and potential new blazes may additional pressure the ability grid by crippling traces and mills. Greater than 20 years of drought and rising temperatures, exacerbated by local weather change, have made California extra susceptible than ever to wildfires.
In Northern California’s Siskiyou County, the place firefighters had been battling the fast-moving Mill Fireplace that prompted 1000’s to evacuate their properties, the excessive temperature forecast for Sunday was 95 levels. Temperatures had been anticipated to high 100 levels within the coming days. The hearth had burned greater than 4,000 acres and was 25% contained as of Sunday morning, in keeping with the California Division of Forestry and Fireplace Safety.
Reporting by Gabriella Borter; Modifying by Mark Porter
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Christmas, Navidad in Puerto Rico, extends far beyond Dec. 25.
The island proudly proclaims itself as having the “longest holiday season in the world,” according to the website Discover Puerto Rico.
On average, the holiday festivities in Puerto Rico last about 45 days, per the source, commencing right after Thanksgiving, and stretching all the way through mid-January.
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The holiday season in Puerto Rico is full of rich traditions beloved by families.
One tradition those who visit Puerto Rico will immediately notice during the holiday season is decorations.
In Puerto Rico, decorations are typically put up by Thanksgiving, and kept up until the season concludes in mid-January, with opportune picture moments at every corner.
Parrandas, Christmas caroling, is a holiday staple.
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Carolers choose houses of family and friends to visit, typically starting around 10 p.m., performing aguinaldos (traditional Christmas songs), with not only their voices, but often with instruments as well, according to Discover Puerto Rico.
The group you begin caroling with is likely not the same group you end with.
In Puerto Rico, when carolers visit a house, they’ll often stop inside for conversation, food and drink before moving to the next residence.
Usually, the residences of the house visited will join the group for the next house, according to Discover Puerto Rico.
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A night of serenading loved ones can last quite a while, often stretching into the early morning hours of the following day, according to the source.
The biggest day of the holiday season in Puerto Rico actually isn’t Christmas, but instead, the night before.
In Puerto Rico, Dec. 24 is Nochebuena. On that day, loved ones gather for the exchange of gifts, caroling and a large feast.
Many families will also attend a midnight Mass on the day, known as Misa de Gallo.
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After Christmas passes, the festivities go on in Puerto Rico.
Another big event in the holiday lineup is Three Kings Day on Jan. 6, a holiday that “commemorates the visit that the Three Wise Men paid to Jesus after his birth,” according to Discover Puerto Rico.
On the eve of the day, children fill up a shoebox with grass to be left for camels to munch on while the Three Kings leave behind gifts for them, according to PuertoRico.com.
For a particularly festive Three Kings Day, Juana Díaz is the place to go, as it hosts the largest celebration in Puerto Rico for the holiday. In Juana Díaz, there is an annual festival and parade in honor of Three Kings Day that brings together over 25,000 people every year, according to Discover Puerto Rico.
Then, eight days later is Octavitas, a post-holiday celebration where families get together and celebrate one last time for the season.
The end of the holiday season is marked with the San Sebastián Street Festival.
This festival, spanning over multiple days, takes place in Old San Juan, and is filled with live music, dancing, shopping and parades.
Twin-engine plane crashed in largely residential neighborhood of Gramado shortly after takeoff, authorities say.
A small plane has crashed into a tourist hotspot in southern Brazil, killing all 10 people on board and injuring more than a dozen people on the ground, officials have said.
The twin-engine Piper PA-42-1000 hit the chimney of a home and the second floor of a different house before crashing into a shop in a largely residential neighbourhood of Gramado shortly after takeoff from Canela, Brazil’s Civil Defense agency said on Sunday.
Rio Grande do Sul Governor Eduardo Leite told a news conference that the aircraft’s owner and pilot, Luiz Claudio Galeazzi, was killed along with nine members of his family.
Leite said that 17 people on the ground were injured, 12 of whom were still receiving treatment in hospital.
Galeazzi’s company, Galeazzi & Associados, confirmed that its CEO and Galeazzi’s wife and three daughters had died in the crash.
“Luiz Galeazzi will be forever remembered for his dedication to his family and for his remarkable career as a leader of Galeazzi & Associados,” the company said in a post on LinkedIn.
“In this moment of immense pain, Galeazzi & Associados is deeply grateful for the expressions of solidarity and affection received from friends, colleagues and the community. We also sympathize with all those affected by the accident in the region.”
Gramado, located in the Serra Gaucha mountains, is a popular destination for vacationers, especially during the Christmas season.
The crash comes a little more than a year after Brazil suffered its worst air disaster in nearly two decades when a twin-engine plane crashed in the southeastern city of Vinhedo, killing all 62 people on board.
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