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>> exactly right, good to join you, we will talk about the conditions and was there any relief in the way of rain and first, we can see this fire very clearly on the satellite picture. that's how impressive it is and that's how the smoke is spreading. as nick mentioned, california, the entire state is in a drought condition. indicated by the orange and red and darker red coloring and ironically the fire has developed in one of the exceptional areas of drought in central california. over 2000 acres, 0% containment and let's take a look next at some of the other things going on as far as the tem...

>> and so this fire has been burning for three weeks and almost a month. why are the firefighters having such a hard time containing this, and getting their arms around it? >> right. so all of the fires that are burning across the west are difficult to fight, because of several factors, right. we have seen the record high temperatures during the summer, and we have also seen the conditions that make things more difficult, and then the drought. the drought is the one common factor of about 85% of california experiencing a drought condition, and so a lot of the vegetation areas in the forest are...

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Grand junction, they set their all-time record high temperature today -- or friday, i should say. there's the forecast for las vegas. 117 today. that, again, could tie or potentially break their all-time high temperature. we start talking about all-time high temperature records broken. you have to bring an asterisk to that because it doesn't happen often. this is on the backdrop of our drought conditions that are still ongoing. anywhere you see that dark shade of red, that is an exceptional drought. whe we're talking about 94% of the western u.s. under some drought condition. it is bone dry ou...

Maine, you're done. as far as rainfall goes, there's the potential at least for 6 inches. many areas from connecticut to province to boston and coastal maine will get a good 1 to 3 inches. we have a good 3 million to 5 million under a flood watch. we have a drought condition as well. 27 million people are impacted by the latest heatwave, and how about this. death valley has the warmest temperature ever recorded on earth. 134 degrees back in 1913. this weekend? they have a chance to challenge that. they're predicting 131 degrees in death valley, california, on sunday. that would tie for the thi...