U.S. West swelters in record-breaking heat, intensifying risk of wildfires

Dangerous, record-breaking heat spread across the U.S. Southwest on Tuesday and into parts of Utah, Montana and Wyoming as a dome of high pressure hovered over a large swath of the region, pushing temperatures into the triple digits this week and intensifying the risk for wildfires amid a long-running drought.

U.S. West swelters in record-breaking heat, intensifying risk of wildfires

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