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Western drought intensifies, leads to deadly wildfires

2013-06-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: A record-breaking heat wave intensified drought conditions in much of the West during the past week, with 72 percent of the land area in the 10 Western states now in drought conditions, according to the latest update to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The worst impacts of the drought are concentrated in the Southwest: New Mexico, Texas, Southern Colorado and the western parts of Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska all contain land that is under extreme or exceptional drought. The hot weather -- Denver had...

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Deadly Colorado blaze subsides with help from rain

2013-06-15 02:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Rain and calmer winds helped firefighters tame a deadly wildfire ranked as Colorado's most destructive on record as authorities reported making significant headway on Friday in curtailing a blaze that has destroyed nearly 420 homes outside Colorado Springs. The fire has charred roughly 24 square miles of rolling, wooded terrain northeast of Colorado's second-largest city since it started on Tuesday, killing two people and forcing some 38,000 to flee their homes. A firefighting force estimated...

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OSHA probing deadly blast at La. chemical plant

2013-06-14 22:03:14| Energy - Topix.net

Officials from the south Louisiana chemical plant where an explosion and fire killed one worker and injured dozens say a crew is securing equipment and making sure the plant is shut down properly.

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OSHA probing deadly blast at La. chemical plant

2013-06-14 21:49:35| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

Officials from the south Louisiana chemical plant where an explosion and fire killed one worker and injured dozens say a crew is securing equipment and making sure the plant is shut down properly.

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