Roughly 100 million people across the United States are facing extreme temperatures this week as a heat dome scorching the western part of the country spreads to the Northeast. In Billings, Montana, temperatures reached a record high of 111 degrees on Sunday as the dangerous heat was felt across the Great Basin, the Rockies and sections … Read more
Dry heat in the West and Northern Plains is fueling wildfires, including the Summit Fire north of Los Angeles. Gwen Baumgardner reports on the flames and evacuations. Andrew Kozak has the forecast. Source link
An oppressive heat wave across much of the western United States had cities and their residents sweltering through conditions this weekend that are normally more common at the height of summer. The blistering heat wave, which has persisted all week throughout California and the desert Southwest, will continue to build and spread east into the … Read more