West Heatwave Sparks Wildfire, Water Crisis Alerts

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A blistering heatwave has slammed the US West, smashing temperature records and sending wildfire and water crisis fears into overdrive. The Guardian reports experts calling it a dire sign: brutal heat threatening to vaporize the region's meager snowpack, worsening droughts already gripping states from California to Colorado. With hot, dry air locked in, officials are eyeing aggressive moves—like the Bureau of Land Management's plan to helicopter out 14,000 wild horses amid spiking...