Scorching temperatures continue to bake large swaths of the Midwest and eastern U.S. as a heat dome blankets the region. Some 100 million people are under heat advisories from New York to Florida to Texas. Meanwhile, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and much of eastern North Carolina and southeast Virginia are under excessive heat warnings with temperatures expected to rise to some 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
On the West Coast, the blistering heat has intensified wildfires across Oregon, where at least eight blazes are burning. Oregon’s largest blaze, the Cow Valley Fire, has burnt over 132,000 acres. Wildfires are also raging in parts of California and Hawaii.