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David McNew/Getty Images California is dealing with several dangerous wildfires. The Woolsey and Hill fires are burning on the outskirts of LA, and the Camp Fire in northern California destroyed an entire town in less than a day. The flames are being fueled by dry, hot conditions as well as strong winds. People in San […]
US President Donald Trump is taking California to task for the management of its forests and dams, blaming red tape for the devastating forest fires and drought plaguing the bluest of blue states, and threatening to withhold aid. Speaking at a White House address on Tuesday, Trump was shocked that Californians weren’t using the water contained […]
Wildfires are burning over 1.2 million acres in the US across much of the west, Alaska, and Florida. California’s drought has killed more than 100 million trees, which can create a more intense fire — dead needles on coniferous trees act as fuel. The US Forest Service estimates that more than one-third of all US homes […]
Costas Baltas/Reuters Wildfires have at least 74 people dead and 100 others injured near Athens, Greece. The flames show no signs of stopping with gale-force winds quickly intensifying the flames and hotter temperatures expected to hit the country. Many tourists and residents fled toward the coastline to escape the fires, but flames are moving closer […]
At least 20 people have been killed by raging wildfires in Greece, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said, as cited by AP. He added at least 69 people have been taken to the hospital with injuries, many of them in serious condition. Two separate wildfires are reported near the capital Athens. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras earlier […]
Associated Press/Noah Berger California firefighters are struggling in the stifling heat to put out blazes that have prompted the evacuations of hundreds of homes. Firefighters increased containment of a central San Diego County fire that rapidly spread over 400 acres, destroyed 18 structures and damaged eight. Another wildfire in the San Bernardino National Forest was […]
Published time: 9 Jan, 2018 19:15 At least five people have been killed in flash flooding and mudslides across southern California. A gas line has been ruptured and at least three houses swept away. Five bodies were found in and around the town of Montecito, according to Santa Barbara County Fire Department Capt. Dave Zaniboni. […]
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At 11:21 pm Monday night, officials in Ventura County sent a buzzing emergency alert to hundreds of thousands of residents warning of a fast-moving wildfire that had already torn through about 2,500 acres and was gaining speed. However, about a dozen people say they never received the message and credited their safe escape to police […]
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