Western states face another sweltering day in a record-breaking heat wave that has more than 24 million people under heat alerts
The heat will extend over southeast Oregon, northern California, the Mojave Desert, eastern California, and parts of Nevada and Utah, according to CNN meteorologist Michael Guy.The ridge of high pressure is expected to level out, bringing more typical temperatures back to the area, with alerts beginning to expire Monday and some lasting to Tuesday evening. The cooling will be a welcome relief to an area that has been baking under dangerous temperatures.
More than 11,300 wildland firefighters are battling the ongoing fires, the National Interagency Fire Center said. Across 12 states, 55 large fires have burned 768,307, according to the NIFC.In California, the largest fire currently burning is the Beckwourth Complex Fire in the area of the Plumas National Forest."The Beckwourth Complex is California's largest current fire," Beckwourth Complex Fire Information spokesman Mike Ferris told CNN.