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View Comments Temperatures in states like Oregon, Nevada and Idaho expect above average temperatures this weekend, increasing about 10 degrees above normal. "It's going to get warm again in the Pacific Northwest, but not as warm as it just was," said Ryan Adamson, a meteorologist at AccuWeather. States like those who experienced the heat wave in late June have been developing plans to adapt to the rising temperatures due to climate change. The heat wave that singed the Pacific Northwest with record-breaking temperatures became dangerous to those living in the area. Authorities say hundreds of...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Firefighters battle the Bond fire, started by a structure fire that extended into nearby vegetation, along Silverado Canyon Road on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, in Silverado, California. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS) As the West begins to burn, Biden to talk wildfires with Newsom and other governors WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will meet Wednesday with Cabinet officials and leaders from Western states, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom, as he faces what could be another devastating year of wildfires with drought conditions worsening and searing temp...

The West's megadrought The Week Staff © Provided by The Week California and the Southwest face soaring temperatures, severe drought — and a hotter and drier new normal. Here's everything you need to know:  What's the current situation? The West is in the midst of a widespread drought emergency of historic intensity. Seventy-two percent of the West is under "severe" drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, and more than 25 percent is in an "exceptional" drought, the most extreme category. Many reservoirs are at record lows; last month Lake Mead, which pro...

Lacs à leur plus bas niveau historique, feux de forêts précoces, restrictions d’eau et maintenant vague de chaleur potentiellement record : l’été n’a pas encore officiellement débuté que l’ouest...

Across US West, drought arriving dangerously early