In central Utah, the Monroe Canyon Fire has burned 48,000 acres and is 7% contained as evacuation orders have been put in place. A total of 23 million Americans across six states are under heat advisories on Friday as heat indices between 105 to 110 are expected from Louisiana to South Carolina.

Smoke from wildfires blazing across Canada is once again wafting over huge portions of the Midwest and worsening air quality, with conditions particularly bad on August 1 in Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois.