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Climate change fanned the flames of the Arizona wildfire
2013-07-07 03:37:14| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The show must go on and so it was that Prescott celebrated Independence Day as usual last week, with parades and what it bills as "The Oldest Rodeo in the World", first held in 1887. This year, however, the festivities in the one-time frontier town in Arizona's high desert were darkened by tragedy. Just four days earlier, 19 of the town's finest young men had died in the deadliest single incident for US firefighters since the New York terrorist attacks of 9/11. They were members of the Granite...
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How climate change affected the Arizona wildfire
2013-07-05 16:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: There's a dangerous but basic equation behind the killer Yarnell Hill, Arizona wildfire and other blazes raging across the West this summer: More heat, more drought, more fuel and more people in the way are adding up to increasingly ferocious fires. Scientists say a hotter planet will only increase the risk. More than two dozen wildland fires are burning from Alaska to New Mexico, fueled by triple-digit temperatures and arid conditions. In the Arizona mountain town of Yarnell, a blaze apparently...
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Arizona wildfire that killed 19 is 80 percent contained
2013-07-05 06:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: An Arizona wildfire that killed 19 firefighters is 80 percent contained, though hundreds of evacuated residents are still unable to return home, fire officials said on Thursday. More than 600 firefighters had dug trenches to control the 8,400-acre (3,400-hectare) blaze and it is expected to be contained by noon on July 12, the Arizona State Forestry Division said in an online status report. Authorities are allowing some residents evacuated from their homes to return, it said. The 19 men...
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Storm forecasts cloud progress against deadly Arizona wildfire
2013-07-03 20:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Firefighters labored on Wednesday to extend their grip on a smoldering but still potentially lethal blaze in Arizona that killed 19 members of an elite "hotshots" crew in the deadliest U.S. wildfire tragedy in eight decades. Strong, erratic winds that earlier had whipped the lightning-sparked fire into a deadly frenzy abated for a second day, helping fire crews make headway in subduing the flames, officials for the firefighting command team told Reuters. By sundown on Tuesday, a force of some...
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7/3/13 Statement to City Council Regarding Arizona firefighters
2013-07-03 20:07:50| PortlandOnline
City Council observed a moment of silence today and flew the city flag at half staff in honor of the firefighters who lost their lives this week in Arizona.
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