Heat dome burns off mountain snow in western U.S., flashing warning for fire season

Man pulls boy in ski helmet and short sleeves out of a puddle, as brown mountains rise in the background

Mountains that normally see their peak snowpack in March are brown this year, thanks to a spring heat dome that baked western U.S. for much of the second half of the month. That’s raising alarm bells for the fire season that’s already ramping up.

CBC | World News

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