Record-breaking and life-threatening temperatures continue to grip the western United States this week, with eight states under both Red Flag Warnings and Excessive Heat Warnings and Advisories.
In the Southwest, sweltering heat bared down on Utah’s Salt Lake City, tying its highest temperature ever recorded.
DOCTORS WARN OF BURN INJURIES AS RECORD TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO SCORCH WEST
Arizona’s capital of Phoenix reached 115 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday, marking the city’s highest temperature so far this year.
In a tweet, the local National Weather Service (NWS) wrote that the high tied with the city’s previous record set in 1974.
The city of Denver, Colo., reached a high of 101 degrees Fahrenheit, breaking the old record of 97 degrees Fahrenheit.
To the north in Montana and Wyoming, temperature records were also smashed and gusty conditions worsened the risk for wildfires.