(CNN) — Wildfires in California and Nevada are driving thousands from their homes as firefighters in the air and on the ground work to contain them, amid daytime temperatures nearing 100 degrees. Here is the latest:
More than two million acres are currently burning across the western United States, resulting in emergency declarations across the region. Those who do not have to evacuate are dealing with lost power, closed schools and canceled plans due to fires and excessive heat. Even a performance at the Hollywood Bowl has been called off.
As summer comes to a close in the Northern Hemisphere, the western US is burning, not just with fire but record high temperatures.
While 70 total active large fires are burning approximately 2,036,704 acres across the US, according to the federal government’s National Fire Information Center, the majority of fires are raging west of the Mississippi River, with multiple fires active in Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, …