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"A dome of high pressure is expected to generate well-above-normal to record-breaking temperatures across the region both today and tomorrow," with heat indices"well into the triple digits in many locations", the National Weather Service said.NWS meteorologist Alex Lamers said the high pressure dome was sparking extreme events around its periphery.
Hundreds of thousands of people were without power in the Midwest after thunderstorms tore through the area.Further west, dramatic photographs and videos published by the National Park Service showed the devastation wreaked by flooding in Yellowstone, the country's oldest national park. There were also warnings of excessive heat for parts of California and Arizona, which were blasted by furnace-like conditions at the weekend.Two huge blazes, each of more than 300,000 acres , continued to rage on Tuesday in New Mexico.
But their size and ferocity has increased in recent years, firefighters say, as effects of the crippling drought make themselves felt.
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