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(CNN) – Drought conditions in the West are getting worse. According to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report released Thursday, more than two-thirds of Western U.S. is dealing with extreme or exceptional drought. That’s the highest level in recorded history. Experts say …

PLUMAS COUNTY, Calif. (NBC) – Close to 60 wildfires are burning out of control across the West right now during ongoing heatwaves and, what forecasters call, a mega-drought providing tens-of-thousands of acres of fuel. It’s early in the wildfire season, but frontline …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCAL/CNN) – The ongoing drought is forcing California’s governor to expand the emergency declaration already in place for some areas. California’s bone-dry landscape reveals all we need to know. The state is locked in another intense drought. The governor is …

MEDFORD, Ore. – Parts of southwest Oregon and Northern California are under a heat advisory Monday and Tuesday. The National Weather Service said very hot temperatures ranging from 95 to 105 degrees will impact western Siskiyou County including the Klamath River Valley, …

BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada (NBC) – Over 100 fires are burning across central British Columbia as meteorologists warned of more lightning strikes over this past weekend that could further stoke forest fires fanned by high winds. More than ten times the amount of …

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU/CNN) – 79 people are confirmed dead in Oregon since Friday from the Pacific Northwest heatwave. Multnomah County was hit the hardest and, and as KATU’s Lincoln Graves reports, the toll could rise. The Pacific Northwest’s heatwave wasn’t just record-breaking. …

(NBC) – We’re just a few days into the summer of 2021 and already extreme heat, hot, sweaty weather is blanketing much of the country and expanding on both coasts to begin this new week. In all, 55 million people are under …

The Pacific Northwest is experiencing widespread heat warnings as temperatures are expected to reach record-breaking highs. NBC News’ Michelle Grossman analyses the extreme heat wave.» Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (CNN) – Parts of Oregon and Washington State are facing an excessive heat watch The high temperatures are only making things worse for the West Coast where extremely low rain and snowfall over the past year has left the …

(NBC) – An unrelenting week of extreme heat out West with more than an eighth of the US population suffering through a record-breaking heatwave, and it isn’t letting up. That’s straining power systems and threatening an already drought-ridden region and summer doesn’t …