Hot Enough For You? Californians Sweat Through Rolling Blackouts

For the first time in nearly twenty years, California energy providers have declared a statewide Stage 3 emergency.

Triple-digit temperatures on Friday drove up power demands, leading to the need for rolling blackouts.

According to Gizmodo, hundreds of thousands of Californians were left in the dark Friday when 1,000 megawatts of electricity were taken out of service.

Gizmodo reports the emergency order has since been rescinded, but officials warn that there may be additional outages in the coming days.

The sweltering heatwave that is blanketing much of the West Coast is expected to continue into the start of next week.