Sentences with phrase «witnessed unprecedented heat waves»

Heading into the summer of 2017, California's energy markets witnessed unprecedented heat waves, resulting in a very high number of calls, which signaled a need for resources that could act quickly to increase energy supply or reduce demand in order to prevent widespread blackouts.

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With the unprecedented destruction in the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Jose, Katia, and Maria, two recent earthquakes in Mexico, catastrophic flooding in Asia, record - breaking heat waves in California, and raging wildfires across the West, we are witnessing the new normal of catastrophic climate change.