“Dangerously hot conditions” | HR must be wary of worker safety as first heat waves hit US sooner than expected

Parts of California, Nevada, and Arizona are set to experience the first heat wave of the season this week, experiencing triple-digit temperatures.

In Phoenix, for example, the National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning citing “dangerously hot conditions” from Wednesday to Friday.

It follows the month of May in which heat records were broken, including in cities such as Miami and Tampa where daily records were broken and average monthly temperatures soared above the average.

“It does seem like Mother Nature is turning up the heat on us a little sooner than usual,” Tiffany Davila, a spokesperson for the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, stated on Monday.