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Drought Exacerbates West's Wildfire Season
2015-08-24 15:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Atlantic: A historic wildfire season in the Western United States and Canada claimed more victims last week. Three firefighters battling the Twisp Fire in central Washington State died Wednesday after their vehicle crashed and was overtaken by the flames, NBC News reported. Four other firefighters were also injured. The three firefighters` deaths marked a dangerous week for fire crews battling blazes throughout the West. Over 7.2 million acres have burned this year, according to the federal National Interagency...
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Alaskas terrifying wildfire season and what it says about climate change
2015-07-27 00:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Hundreds of wildfires are continually whipping across this state this summer, leaving in their wake millions of acres of charred trees and blackened earth. At the Fairbanks compound of the states Division of Forestry recently, workers were busy washing a mountain of soot-covered fire hoses, which stood in piles roughly six feet high and 100?feet long. About 3,500 smokejumpers, hotshot crews, helicopter teams and other workers have traveled to Alaska this year from across the country and Canada....
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Washington's wildfire season gets off to an early, unprecedented start
2015-07-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The Sleepy Hollow fire raced down the crisp Sage Hills, straight toward the Broadview neighborhood in the apple capital of the world. Flames shot high into the night, torching 29 homes and causing hundreds of people to flee. Then the fire did something no one here had seen before. Embers flew more than a mile Sunday night, into the hardworking heart of this small city. They ignited four industrial buildings, most involved in fruit packing, at the start of the busy summer agriculture season. The...
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Intense Wildfire Season Expected in West
2015-05-05 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Amid one the West's worst droughts in centuries, more than 5,600 wildfires scorched more than 600,000 acres last year in California alone. It could happen again. With drought showing signs of worsening across the West and Upper Midwest, the Forest Service anticipates that it may spend up to $1.6 billion fighting wildfires in 2015, in a fire season that is expected to be worse than normal. "We anticipate another active fire year, underscoring the need to reform our wildfire funding,' U.S....
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Epic Drought Brings Fear Worst Wildfire Season Yet
2015-05-04 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The firefighters are primed, hoses at the ready. May and June are often the peak months for forest fires in the southwest of the U.S., and the outlook for this year is grim. I wish I could have some hope, says Dr Wally Covington, director of the Ecological Restoration Institute at North Arizona University. Its just a terrible situation in southern California. Covington, an internationally recognized expert on forest restoration, says a prolonged drought, higher temperatures and stronger...
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