More than 58 million people are under excessive heat warnings and advisories in seven states, including almost all of California.
It's what firefighters fear the most: Record-setting heat, parched land, and wildfires exploding in size. Theraced down a canyon in Riverside County, just southeast of Los Angeles. The community only has one road in our out, and the blaze moved too fast for everyone to escape.
"It was a disaster," Cal Fire captain Richard Cordova told CBS News, noting the canyon hasn't burned in years. Meanwhile, California is enduring its worst and longest heatwave in years. On Monday, the San Francisco Bay Area hit an all time high of 117 degrees."We need two to three times as much conservation as we've been experiencing to keep the power on," said Elliot Manzer, the president of the California Independent System Operator.
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