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* S* P% ?* T' t( D5 D! _4 E2 i Sweltering hig stanley cup h temperatures are setting records in Texas, prompting heat advisories from forecasters and puttingnearly unprecedented stanley cup strainon the state s power grid. The National Weather Service says a heat dome is to blame, and that it s expected to expand in the next few days, keeping Texas under its severe heat while reaching north and east to cover more of the U.S.The main driver of the heat is an area of high pressure over the southern U.S. and Mexico.Forecasters on Monday called ita stagnant upper-level ridge, also known as a heat dome.Areas of high air pressurepush air down toward the ground. As it sinks, the air heats up, and the resulting dome keeps that hot air from moving elsewhere.Sinking air can also lower humidity and cloud cover, which can allow more sunlight through to contribute to hot conditions on the ground.SEE MORE: Father, stepson die at Texas national park as temperature reached 119But what keeps this high pressure in place Experts say the behavior of the jet stream is unusual this year. Typically, heat and moisture from the tropics help push the jet stream north during the summer months in the U.S.But this year,a more erratic jet streamhas helped cause lingering areas of high and low pressure. One such high-pressure spot helped dry out parts of Canada, which contributed to the wildfires that turnedparts of the northeastern U.S. smokyearlier in June. Now it s contributing stanley cup to the stubborn high-pressure ridge over the southern U.S.National Weather Serv Nycu Presidential campaigns keep focus on Florida in home stretch of election8 _4 M8 i8 ?" x9 `7 T! B
AUORA, Colo. 鈥?The coronavirus epidemic is having a major impact on small Asian-run businesses in the United States. Some places say the number of customers has dropped by half. The Pacific Ocean Market has been a staple of Asian American businesses in Aurora, Colorado, for years. There is such a variety of places to eat and different types of food and things you stanley becher don t normally see in the ordinary market, said one customer of the market. Within the last month, business at the stanley cup price market has been somewhat of a roller coaster ride since the new coronavirus first surfaced. With people panicking across the country, we ve heard stories in New York saying there s no more rice and Atlanta there s no more rice, so people have been continuing to stock up on that, said Betty Lam, one of the two daughters of the owner of the market. The outbreak began in China and quickly spread across Asia. Since then, a growing number of coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the U.S. and customers seem to be staying away from Asian American businesses as a precaution.According to The New York Times, business at shops that sell Asian products dropped by 70 percent in the first two weeks of February. The Chinese Merchants Association in San Francisc stanley cup o says foot traffic in their Chinatown district dropped by 50 percent. It s a little off and on right now, said Lam. We re not too sure how it s going to go. Lam says shes already heard of businesses being affected. From the restaurants we work with, we |
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