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Only a "trace of rain" was reported at Seattle Tacoma International Airport in July, according to the National Weather Service.

The wildfire has grown to over 413K acres and is currently 53 percent contained, according to the InciWeb national wildfire information system.

The heat advisories have been issued while at least 12 states in the U.S. are tackling blazes caused by excessive temperatures earlier in July.

The Bootleg Fire is the largest active wildfire in the U.S. and the third-largest wildfire in Oregon's history.

"I think we've reached the end of people's casual ability or willingness to just help," OhmConnect CEO Cisco DeVries said.

The rescue came after days of heavy storms and rain across the Phoenix area.

"Our firefighters have put in an incredible amount of hard work on this fire," said Joe Hessel of the Oregon Department of Forestry Incident Management Team.

The impact of the potential typhoon is unknown due to the storm not having formed yet, but meteorological projections estimate the storm to have 65 mph winds.

"Today we learnt that vinyl doesn't like heatwaves," the man who sacrificed a Demi Lovato album jokingly concluded.

A woman at the park with her family at the time said "I have never experienced lightning like that."

"Divers will be attempting to recover the body of the deceased female and a passenger vehicle that is in the river," the Larimer County Sheriff's Office said.

The cloud seeding efforts, which use electrical charges to prompt rainfall, contributed to stormy weather rarely seen in the United Arab Emirates.

"We will do what is necessary to help everyone as quickly as possible," said Finance Minister Olaf Scholz.

The U.S. has been in the grip of its own heatwave, with temperatures soaring to 128 degrees Fahrenheit at Death Valley, California, on June 17

The floods killed at least 25 and another seven people were reported missing.

After the local cemetery in Ahrweiler, Germany, had flooded and washed away most of the tombstones, officials were trying to find ways to bury the dead.

The cause of the blaze remains unknown.

Hundreds of flights into Denver International Airport were delayed Monday after the FAA implemented a traffic management program due to haze and smoke.

PG&E equipment has been linked to major wildfires in the past including a 2018 fire that killed 85 people.

In a Facebook post on Sunday, the Stratford Academy in Georgia identified the teenager as Walker Bethune, who was a student at the academy.

The woman, named Jessica McCance, claimed it was the most expensive bottle of alcohol she'd ever bought—and she didn't get to drink it.

Heavy rains are expected to persist throughout the tri-state this weekend, with a flash flood watch remaining until 6 a.m. on Sunday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the flooding was a "catastrophe," calling Thursday "a day characterized by fear, by despair, by suffering."

"This fire is going to continue to grow," said an incident commander. "The extremely dry vegetation and weather are not in our favor."

"Many areas of WA are currently under the stress of these extreme drought conditions," Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said in a tweet.

Mailboxes and trash cans were also carried down the road by the heavy rain in Flagstaff, Arizona, on Wednesday.

A public information officer for the Bootleg Fire wrote to Newsweek that the estimated containment date was set in November because officials "will have a great deal of mop-up, repair and recovery to complete."

Data shows the number of wildfires reported in 2021 is the most since 2011, when there were 40,051 reported wildfires.

The southwestern U.S. has reported record-breaking temperatures in recent weeks, with the mercury hitting 130F in Death Valley.

The Bootleg Fire was first reported on July 6 and is currently 0 percent contained. The cause of the fire remains unknown.