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Extreme heat, drought will permanently scar California and its social fabric

LOS ANGELES — Unprecedented dryness across the Western United States is meeting with increasingly warm temperatures to create climate conditions so extreme that the landscape of California could permanently and profoundly change, a growing number of scientists say.

Los Angeles Times

Antarctic ice-core research holds lessons about drought patterns in WA's South-West

Ancient ice cores drilled from Antarctic glaciers shed light on why Western Australia's South-West region is experiencing a drought on a scale that has only occurred twice before in 2,000 years.

ABC News

Census data reveals population shift to the West and Sunbelt

The race to the Rockies and Southwest in our work-from-anywhere world signals new emerging powers.

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Miscalculations, errors blamed for massive New Mexico blaze

Multiple miscalculations, inaccurate models and a lack of understanding of just how dry things are in the Southwest resulted in a planned burn to reduce the threat of wildfire turning into the largest blaze in New Mexico's recorded history

The Independent UK

33 wildfires burn across 5 U.S. states, forcing hundreds to evacuate in California and Arizona

California's fast-moving Sheep Fire, northeast of Los Angeles, has swollen to nearly 1,000 acres amid dry conditions.

Axios

Record heat sears Texas, central US this weekend

Record high temperatures continue to sear the Southwest through the Mississippi Valley, driving weekend energy demand as people turn to air conditioners to cool down, with the heat forecast to spread to Chicago and the Great Lakes early this week.

Tribune News Service

Records set from California to Texas as "dangerous" heat wave threatens 100M as it pushes east

"Dangerous heat" to pummel Southwest, Southern and Central areas overnight before moving farther north and east, NWS warns.

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How to prepare for this weekend's heat wave stretching from California to Texas

Temperatures will rise into the triple digits across the Southwest and western U.S. this weekend. Daytime temps will be 10 to 20 degrees hotter than normal, according to the National Weather Service.

WEKU

Bird flu arrives in Southwest after millions of birds die

Arizona officials have confirmed the first cases in the Southwest of a bird flu that has led to the deaths of 37 million birds on commercial farms in the central and eastern U.S. Arizona Game and Fish officials announced this week that the disease was present in three wild cormorants…

The Independent UK

Sizzling temperatures in store across southwestern US

Scorching temperatures are in store for the southwestern U.S. over the next several days

The Independent UK

Colorado will lose half its snow by 2080 and look more like Arizona, federal scientists conclude

Parts of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah are drying out due to climate-driven changes in stream flows, and these states will shift to become more like the most arid states of the Southwest, federal researchers found in a scientific study published last week.

The Denver Post

Southwest monsoon unlikely before May 30

A few of the conditions for the advancement of rains missing, says IMD

The Hindu

Gusty winds fuel wildfires in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado

More than 5,000 firefighters are battling multiple wildland blazes in dry, windy weather across the Southwest

The Independent UK

Grim 2022 drought outlook for Western US offers warnings for the future as climate change brings a hotter, thirstier atmosphere

Much of the western U.S. has been in the grip of an unrelenting drought since early 2020. The dryness has coincided with record-breaking wildfires, intense and long-lasting heat waves, low stream flows and dwindling water supplies in reservoirs that millions of people across the region rely on.

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The wildfires burning in the Southwest are bad but 'not unprecedented'

Experts say the Southwestern U.S. is drier than it's been in some 1,200 years, which is one of, but not the only, drivers of the large infernos burning in New Mexico.

Axios

Southwest "megadrought" leads to wildfires and new homicide evidence

California had its driest January to April period on record.

Tribune News Service

Dust and smoke are turning Colorado’s blue skies red. Here’s where it’s coming from

DENVER — Dust and smoke blowing in from fires, dry land and construction this spring periodically have turned Colorado’s blue skies red, and air quality experts anticipate more crazy haze in the future as wind scours particles from the arid Southwest.

Axios

Southwest faces "extremely critical" wildfire threat as record heat hits Plains

The country's biggest wildfire is currently burning in New Mexico.

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Zenger

US Wildfire Forecast: Drought To Spur Another Intense Season

AccuWeather predicts numerous fires fueled by continued lack of rainfall in Western U.S.

The Conversation

The Southwest is on fire, iconic deserts and towns are at risk and Biden has issued a disaster declaration

New Mexico and Arizona are facing a dangerously early fire season. It has left neighborhoods in ashes and is having such devastating effects that President Joe Biden issued a disaster declaration for New Mexico. Over 600 fires had broken out in the two states by early May, and large wildfires…

The Independent UK

More evacuations expected near dangerous Southwest wildfires

Thousands of firefighters are battling destructive wildfires in the Southwest as more residents are preparing to evacuate into the weekend in northern New Mexico

The Independent UK

Big progress on wildfires, but dangerous winds on the way

Firefighters have been making significant progress on the biggest wildfires burning unusually hot and fast for this time of year in the western U.S. But forecasters from the Southwest to the southern High Plains are warning of the return the next two days of the same gusty winds and critical…

The Independent UK

Fire crews prepare for dry thunderstorms, erratic winds

From the Southwestern U.S. to the southern High Plains, forecasters are warning that more strong winds and low humidity will challenge fire crews over the coming days

Zenger

Warm, Gusty Winds To Worsen Wildfire Danger In Southwest

The lack of rainfall exacerbates the dire threat of fire. Temperatures in the region are also running higher than usual for April.

Inverse

A creature once worshipped as a god could soon return to the U.S. Southwest

Jaguars from southern populations in Mexico could recolonize their former territories in Arizona and New Mexico, or humans could reintroduce them there.

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