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Experts See a Hotter, Drier West, With More Huge Fires
2013-07-02 03:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: One of the deadliest wildfires in a generation vastly expanded Monday to cover more than 8,000 acres, sweeping up sharp slopes through dry scrub and gnarled pion pines a day after fickle winds and flames killed 19 firefighters. The gusty monsoon winds where the Colorado plateau begins to drop off into the Sonoran Desert continued to bedevil about 400 firefighters who were defending 500 homes and 200 businesses in the old gold mining villages of Yarnell and Peeples Valley. Scientists said those...
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