Catastrophic Wildfire Risk Hits 11 States as Heat Dome Meets Drought
A dangerous convergence of the historic heat dome, record drought conditions, and dry lightning is creating catastrophic wildfire risk across 11 US states, with NOAA issuing critical fire weather warnings for Utah, Colorado, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, and Washington. Post-July 4 fireworks debris is compounding the danger across thousands of square miles of dried-out vegetation. A large, destructive wildfire is already burning actively in Utah. FEMA has put 11 states on standby for emergency declarations as wind-driven fire spread is expected to accelerate. WooGlobe Ref : WGA851502
