BY LI COHEN
UPDATED ON: SEPTEMBER 6, 2022 / 2:47 PM/ CBS NEWS
Brutal temperatures continue to bear down on the West Coast on Tuesday as forecasters warn that excessive heat will continue through the coming days. The heat wave, which started just before Labor Day weekend, has already broken at least a dozen temperature records in California as the state battles drought, fire and water shortages.
“Extreme, dangerous heat gripped much of the region on Monday and numerous official maximum record temperature records were tied or broken,” the National Weather Service said of the San Francisco Bay area, including a preliminary 11 daily records and two monthly records.
In Livermore, temperatures on Monday hit116 degrees Fahrenheit– the hottest day of all time, the service said. The previous record for Livermore was 108 degrees Fahrenheit in 1950. Kentfield also hit its highest temperature since 1950 at 107…
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