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106 degrees in early May?

By Gregg WendorfAdvance News JournalIt’s only the second week of May and the high for Thursday, the 9th, was forecast this Tuesday to be 106 degrees in Hidalgo County? Whoa. The heat index — 112 degrees.The high for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on the same day, was only forecast to be 94. Phoenix, 86. Las Vegas, 71; and Death Valley, a balmy 84.Thankfully, our water reservoirs aren’t at record lows for this time of year.Wait a minute. They are. In fact, Falcon and Amistad are at their lowest water levels on record for this time of the year, and summer doesn’t ...

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