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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5162/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Extreme Heat Wave Continues in US West' data-article-id='5701'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7354'>An early heat wave has been bringing high temperatures to the western United States.</span> <span data-start-time='7354' data-end-time='15792'>Scientists are warning that the extreme heat and dry conditions might become normal. </span> <span data-start-time='15792' data-end-time='23854'>Many places in the American West have been reporting drought conditions for many years.</span> <span data-start-time='23854' data-end-time='33500'>Park Williams is an associate professor in geography with the University of California, Los Angeles. </span> <span data-start-time='33500' data-end-time='40875'>He said, “Heat waves are getting worse in the West because the soil is so dry.” </span> <span data-start-time='40875' data-end-time='50708'>Williams said soil in the western half of the country is the driest it has been since 1895.</span> <span data-start-time='50708' data-end-time='57271'>For example, Phoenix, Arizona is having some of the highest temperatures this week. </span> <span data-start-time='57271' data-end-time='62104'>On Wednesday, it reached 46 degrees Celsius.</span> <span data-start-time='62104' data-end-time='70354'>“We could have two, three, four, five of these heat waves before the end of the summer,” Williams said.</span> <span data-start-time='70354' data-end-time='76229'>An extreme heat warning is in effect until at least Sunday.</span> <span data-start-time='76229' data-end-time='85792'>Reports say in Palm Springs, California, the temperature reached 49 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. </span> <span data-start-time='85792' data-end-time='95271'>Weather experts say a high-pressure system spread over the west this week, causing unusually hot days.</span> <span data-start-time='95271' data-end-time='103333'>Officials in California asked people to save electricity for a few hours on Thursday. </span> <span data-start-time='103333' data-end-time='116417'>They asked people to set their air-conditioning systems to 25.5 degrees Celsius or higher and turn off unnecessary lights and electronics. </span> <span data-start-time='116417' data-end-time='120875'>Officials said they do not expect power outages. </span> <span data-start-time='120875' data-end-time='126854'>But that could change if temperatures remain high in the coming days.</span> <span data-start-time='126854' data-end-time='133333'>The San Francisco Bay area has also had higher than normal temperatures. </span> <span data-start-time='133333' data-end-time='139750'>Kathleen Craft works at a shelter in the city of Livermore, California. </span> <span data-start-time='139750' data-end-time='148792'>She said temperatures had reached 37 degrees Celsius but just one woman came to a special cooling center. </span> <span data-start-time='148792' data-end-time='154125'>Craft said she expects more people as temperatures rise.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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piece of writing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5162/a_small_fried_cake_of_sweetened_dough_typically_in_the_shape_of_a_ball_or_ring.wav'><span>a small fried cake of sweetened dough, typically in the shape of a ball or ring</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5162/take_a_liquid_into_the_mouth_and_swallow.wav'><span>take a liquid into the mouth and swallow</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=17606 data-hint-location='50708' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5162/in_which_western_state_is_the_city_phoenix.wav'>In which western state is the city Phoenix?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Arizona'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5162/arizona.wav'><span>Arizona</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5162/maryland.wav'><span>Maryland</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5162/wyoming.wav'><span>Wyoming</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5162/new_mexico.wav'><span>New Mexico</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=17607 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5162/an_early_heat_wave_has_been_bringing__blank__temperatures_to_the_western_united_states.wav'>An early heat wave has been bringing <span class='blank'>high</span> temperatures to the western United States.</div><div class='choices' 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