US officials say water supply to some Western US states in Mexico will be cut to avoid a catastrophic collapse of the Colorado river. The Western US states has been facing a drought for over 20 years now.

US government imposes water usage limits in West amid Colorado river drought

California and the western United States are in the grip of a severe years-long drought. Officials have urged the people to conserve water as reservoirs run low and demand outstrips are supply stressed by climate change.

WION Climate Tracker | 'Water police' patrol drought-hit Los Angeles streets

Climate change caused overwhelmingly by human activity is the primary source of the unprecedented forest fires regularly ravaging the western United States, according to a study published Monday.

Climate change main cause of fires in US west: Study

The Western United States is battling multiple wildfires and record-breaking heat for the past few days. At least 70 large wildfires burning across the drought-hit western US have engulfed more than one million acres in flames.

Firefighters battle at least 70 wildfires burning across Western US

The heat wave, which stretches like a blob over much of the western third of the US map, extends east to west from Wyoming to California, and north to south from Idaho to Arizona.

Record-breaking heat wave continues across western US

Wildfires have been polluting the environment for the past few weeks across the state of California — of which some were man-made and some started due to the high temperatures and lightning storms.

Video: Wildfires burn the Western U.S.

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