Wildfires caused evacuation orders and warnings in Southern California, flood watches were in effect for 7 million people in the Midwest and 32 million in the Northeast were under heat advisories.
Wildfires raging in California, thunderstorms and flash flood threats in the Midwest, and extreme heat in the Northeast: a wide array of severe weather events battered the nation Tuesday, putting millions of Americans under weather advisories. Near Southern California, evacuation orders and warnings remained in effect Tuesday as wildfires burned fiercely near Burro Peak and throughout the Simi Valley region. The Sandy Fire in the Simi Valley—loc…