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A Spring Heat Wave

 

what's up sunshine welcome to CNN 10.

 

I'm CoyWire,it's Thursday March 27th happy Friday Eve.

 

I want to throw this question out there do any of you know anyone named Elvis or Oprah.

 

I was talking with some friends and we thought as popular as those two celebrities are we can't think of anyone we've ever met named Elvis or Oprah.

 

so if you know let us know.

 

all right let's get you your 10 minutes of news starting now.

 

we start today with an early spring heat wave in the southwestern United States.

 

we're only 8 days into spring but it's starting to feel more like summer for some cities that are reaching record temperatures for this time of year.

 

Phoenix, Arizona came just shy of hitting the 100 degree mark reaching 99 this week.

 

if they had reached the forecasted triple digit temperature it would have been their earliest 100° day on record based on National Weather Service data.

 

normally the city averages its first 100° Day on May 11th.

 

in California cities like Bakersfield and Sacramento City broke high temperature records that were set in 1997 reaching 91 and 88 degrees respectively.

 

the unusual warmth is also reaching the Pacific Northwest where record high temperatures in Portland and Seattle are creating a rare thunderstorm threat that hasn't been seen this early in the year for at least three decades.

 

our Derek VanDam is in the weather center with more.

 

the calendar says it's spring but it certainly feels like summer over the Western 2/3of the country.

 

in fact in the coming days over 75 potential tied or broken record high temperatures are possible.

 

and then when we talk about one of the hottest cities in America Phoenix Arizona this is not what residents want to hear.

 

the potential exists for the earliest 100° day on record to occur late today.

 

so that's really saying something about the heat that these people are facing especially coming off of a summer where they had113 consecutive days the longest stretch ever Where the mercury inthe thermometer climbed above 100°.

 

now it's not just Phoenix Arizona other locations here potentially setting record high temperatures.

 

you can see them from Palm Springs all the way to Seattle Washington so much of the West Coast.

 

and you can imagine just where this heat is traversing it'll first impact uh the Rockies for the day tomorrow.

 

and then shift a little bit further to the east.

 

you can see the temperature trend going forward uh so you'll see those daytime highs cooling from the West Coast.

 

but warming as we look towards the central parts of the US and will be the benefactors here across the southeast.

 

benefactor [ˋbɛnə͵fæktɚ] n. those who will receive a benefit or advantage

 

look at these temperatures uh from New Orleans to Orlando and Atlanta,very much like the middle to end of spring.

 

10 second trivia

 

what international organization was created during the cold War

 

United Nations

European Union

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

The World Trade Organization.

 

your answer here is North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

 

the military Alliance was formed in 1949 by 32 North American and European countries as a response to tensions with the Soviet Union.

 

now to a rare firsthand account of what life was like for those living and working at a military base dub the city under the ice.

 

it's where one young American doctor was sent after being drafted into the military as tensions between the US and the Soviet Union simmered during the Cold War.

 

in the 1960s the US operated a remote Arctic research base in Greenland called Camp Century.

 

the unprecedented feat of engineering was dug about 26 feet beneath the surface of Greenland's ice sheet.

 

at times Camp Century had a population of nearly 200 people living in a network of dozens of tunnels that connected the prefabricated buildings where they lived and worked.

 

in the underground caverns that included sleeping quarters,bathrooms,laboratories a masshall,laundry room and a gym.

 

cavern [ˋkævɚn] n.（巨大的）洞穴，山洞

 

it was all powered by a nuclear reactor carefully transported and installed beneath the ice.

 

while cutting-edge scientific work was conducted there.The US declassified documents in the 1990s revealing Camp Century was part of a top secret attempt by the US to hide launch sites from missiles in the Arctic,a strategic location much closer to Russia.

 

Dr Robert Weiss tells us about his time serving at the camp and how he felt when he learned about the facility's secret purpose decades later.

 

Camp century is buried below the surface of this ice Cap.

 

this was a cold war they were afraid that Russia might come across and they needed to have military up there.

 

this is Dr Robert Weiss in 1962 he was drafted into the US militarywhere he began his career as a physician working under the ice at a remote Arctic research base campCentury Greenland which is 800 milesfrom the North Pole.

 

I said you're kidding all I saw was a lot of snow.

 

just a few years earlier the US military took unprecedented engineering efforts to build the nuclear powered base calling it a city under the ice.

 

a system of 23 trenches would be dug into the ice cap and then covered with steel arches and snow.

 

except for the fact that they have no windows the men of Camp Century live exactly as do other soldiers.

 

I never went outside I was very happy I read a lot of Science and in medicine uh played chess.

 

in 1967 the camp closed decades later information about the Camp's secret purpose was declassified revealing it was part of a Top Secret Pentagon plan to hide launch sites or missiles in the Arctic.

 

I mean I'm not totally surprised we knew they were digging tunnels and the whole idea was to have a subway under the snow but they didn't get very far on this base.

 

I mean I was totally surprised about the idea of uh nuclear weapons uh being placed which had never occurred.

 

now to Greece where the country's famous Instagram Island Santorini is reopening to visitors for the first time since earthquakes prompted a state of emergency and evacuations on the tourist hotspot.

 

between January 26 then February 22nd the Quake rattled island of Santorini and the area around it experienced tens of thousands of minor earthquakes recorded at a magnitude of one or higher on the Richter scale.

 

our Linda Kinkade shows us how one month later the first cruise ship of the season is reviving hope for the Island's tourism industry.

 

revive [rɪˋvaɪv] v. 复苏

 

the popular Greek island of Santorini experienced waves of earthquakes in January and February causing tourists and many residents to evacuate.

 

but just over a month later the first cruise ship of the Season arrived at the island.

 

it's a sign of Hope the tourism could bounce back after the earthquakes triggered a state of emergency that lasted until March 3rd.

 

it's exciting yeah to know that the Island's open again and we get to visit first it's safe.

 

the picturesque island sits near the boundary of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates.

 

because of its proximity to the geographic fault lines Santorini often experiences seismic activity but the most recent wave of earthquakes was not typical.

 

fault  [fɔlt]n.【地】断层

 

data from the National Observatory of Athens indicated that over 1,200 earthquakes ranging from 1 to 5.2 in magnitude occurred over a 2 weekperiod.

 

schools closed and construction work was halted.

 

but now that the quakes have died down tourists express excitement about returning to Santorini after the government's safety assurances.

 

die down ph. 逐漸減弱(或降低、察覺不到等)；逐漸消失

 

we love being the first cruise ship that got the chance to come to Santorini we feel really blessed.

 

we trust the tourism board here and so if they said it was safe to come we came with open arms.

 

the island which attracts around 3.4 million visitors each year is also home to around 200,000 residents.

 

and tourism makes up a large majority of the Island's income.

 

we all hope that things will return to normal that people will come back the cloud seem to be lifting so things should improve for everyone at least that's what we hope.

 

lift [lɪft] v.（云，雾等）消散

 

today's story getting a 10 out of 10 a skunk that you won't want to run away from

 

skunk [skʌŋk] n. 臭鼬

 

this skunk is bringing smiles not smells to the people he meets his name is Mr Sushi and he's fully domesticated de-scentedskunk that’s registered as an emotional support animal.

 

Mr Sushi has been visiting groups in his home state of Iowa,one of 17 states where you can legally own a domesticated skunk.

 

it's clear he's brought out quite a pew Sensational Smiles.How much money do skunks have?one cent what's their favorite kind of music Funk.

 

and I had one more bad skunk joke but um I won't tell it because it stinks all right let's head up to Winston Salem North Carolina big old shout out and lots of love to the Spartans at Mount Taber High School rise up.

 

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make it a great day remember happiness isn't some ideal we have to chase or create it's right here right now and all we have to do is embrace it.

 

I'm Coy wire I'll see you right back here tomorrow

 

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