The Post Fire swiftly grew to more 14,000 acres Sunday, one day after it forced the evacuation of at least 1,200 from the Hungry Valley recreation area.
The Southwest is forecast to receive triple-digit temperatures while parts of the Southeast and southern Plains may experience temperatures in the upper 90s.
More than 1,000 people evacuated the island to mainland Panama, becoming the first community along the country’s coast to do so because of climate change.
The study shows that the rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023, though scientists did not find evidence that human-caused climate change is accelerating.
The Corral Fire began Saturday near the city of Tracy, 60 miles east of San Francisco, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, according to Cal Fire.
Changes designed to encourage people to take other forms of transportation have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution, according to city officials.