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Léonie Chao-Fong (now); Maya Yang, Gloria Oladipo (earlier)

Severe US weather: California heat puts firefighters on high alert for wildfires; Canada wildfires cause air quality alerts in US midwest – as it happened

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An agricultural worker takes a water break while enduring high temperatures in a tomato field near Winters, California.
An agricultural worker takes a water break while enduring high temperatures in a tomato field near Winters, California. Photograph: Loren Elliott/Reuters

Summary

Here’s a recap of today’s developments:

  • The US is bracing for more extreme weather from coast to coast, with a heatwave hitting California, tornadoes in the midwest and the east expecting more rain as it continues to reel from historic flooding.

  • Across the country, more than a third of Americans were under extreme heat advisories, watches and warnings as the heatwave baking the nation spread further into California.

  • Residents of Vermont, still suffering from an onslaught of dangerous weather in recent days, are preparing for another round of severe storms in the area beginning as early as Thursday night, which could cause hail, more flash floods and even a tornado.

  • Vermont governor Phil Scott said the state had confirmed its first fatality related to the devastating floods earlier this week. Stephen Davoll, 63, of Barre City, Vermont, died on Wednesday as a result of a drowning accident in his flooded home, according to state authorities.

  • Joe Biden has approved a request from Vermont governor, Phil Scott, for a major disaster declaration following the devastating floods that hit the state earlier this week. The major disaster declaration unlocks federal disaster funds to assist individuals and communities recover from the devastating floods earlier this week. Biden issued an emergency declaration for Vermont earlier in the week, enabling federal disaster relief to reach the state.

  • Temperatures in the famously sizzling Death Valley national park are predicted to equal or even break modern records this weekend – but that hasn’t stopped the tourists from showing up.

  • Wildfires burning in Canada have brought a new round of smoke to the US, with air quality alerts issued for communities in the US upper midwest.

Updated

The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado hit Mansfield, Arkansas, on Friday morning.

The tornado hit the south side of the town and there were no serious injuries reported, KHBS reported.

Updated

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