Shocking new photos show the scale of devastation from California's wildfires, which have raged throughout the state and - in the case of the Creek Fire - burned homes and businesses to the ground.

In Washington state, too, the majority of a town was destroyed by wildfires - Malden, home to 300 people, was 80 percent destroyed.

And in Oregon, 80,000 people were evacuated from their homes on Tuesday as wildfires blazed out of control.

Meanwhile, firefighters in Colorado were aided by the sudden, surprising arrival of snow. Temperatures reached 101 degrees over the Labor Day weekend, and the Cameron Peak wildfire, which had burnt near Fort Collins, was casting an orange haze over the capital, Denver. However, overnight temperatures plummeted 60 degrees, and residents awoke to find snow on their cars.

U. Reneé Hall, the first Black woman to lead the Dallas police force, submitted her resignation Tuesday but agreed to stay on through the end of the year. Hall's resignation letter, which the city provided to The Associated Press, didn't give a reason for stepping down. She did not respond to a request for comment. But she has lately faced criticism for how her department has dealt with protests and violence. Her decision comes on the same day Rochester's police chief and his entire command stepped down amid outrage over Daniel Prude, who died in police custody in a spit hood. Hall came to Texas from Detroit, the year after a sniper fatally shot four Dallas police officers and one transit officer during a protest in July 2016. Police ultimately killed the gunman with a robot-delivered bomb.