Much of the American West has been blasted with sweltering heat this week as a high pressure dome combines with the worst drought in modern history to launch temperatures into the triple digits, toppling records even before the official start of summer.
![A roofer works on a new roof in a housing development while the sun beats down on him as the heat wave continues
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A roofer works on a new roof in a housing development while the sun beats down on him as the heat wave continues
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![A worker fixes a street lamp in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles
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A worker fixes a street lamp in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles
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![A dog walker gives water from a fountain to her pack of dogs at the Sepulveda Basin Dog park in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles on Thursday, June 17, 2021.
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A dog walker gives water from a fountain to her pack of dogs at the Sepulveda Basin Dog park in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles on Thursday, June 17, 2021.
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![Alanna Clarke, 11, reacts as she cools off under a mushroom fountain on the splash pad at Monte Vista Park in Chino, Calif.
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Alanna Clarke, 11, reacts as she cools off under a mushroom fountain on the splash pad at Monte Vista Park in Chino, Calif.
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![Fred Sereno, 9, aims a water cannon at others on the splash pad at Monte Vista Park in Chino, Calif.
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Fred Sereno, 9, aims a water cannon at others on the splash pad at Monte Vista Park in Chino, Calif.
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![Empty boat docks sit on dry land at the Browns Ravine Cove area of drought-stricken Folsom Lake, currently at 37% of its normal capacity, in Folsom, Calif.
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Empty boat docks sit on dry land at the Browns Ravine Cove area of drought-stricken Folsom Lake, currently at 37% of its normal capacity, in Folsom, Calif.
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![Dry banks rise above water in Lake Oroville on Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Oroville, Calif.
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Dry banks rise above water in Lake Oroville on Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Oroville, Calif.
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![Dry banks rise above water in Lake Oroville on Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Oroville, Calif.
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Dry banks rise above water in Lake Oroville on Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Oroville, Calif.
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![Carmen Millan, 82, uses a fan with open windows and door to keep cool at her apartment on East Desert Inn Road and South Athens Street in Las Vegas Wednesday, June 16, 2021.
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Carmen Millan, 82, uses a fan with open windows and door to keep cool at her apartment on East Desert Inn Road and South Athens Street in Las Vegas Wednesday, June 16, 2021.
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![People cool off in the water at the confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek in Denver, Wednesday June 16, 2021.
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People cool off in the water at the confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek in Denver, Wednesday June 16, 2021.
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![A cyclist bikes past the setting sun at Papago Park during a heatwave where temperatures hit 115-degrees.
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A cyclist bikes past the setting sun at Papago Park during a heatwave where temperatures hit 115-degrees.
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