Half the country is facing an apocalyptic summer
When you buy through links on our site , we may earn an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it influence . inscrutable drought and early heat waves are lay out the western one-half of the United States up for a ironical , fiery summer . About 91 % of the West was indroughtas of June 22 , with 55 % experiencing utmost or exceptional drought , while two back - to - back heat waves exacerbated the drying of soils and botany , increase the likely forwildfires ....