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Fire season in West expected to get more intense
2014-07-23 16:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Despite widespread drought in the West and expectations of an above-average wildfire season, wildfires have burned less than half the 10-year average area so far this summer. U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell said Wednesday that largely has been a matter of luck, with the hot windy weather known as red flag days not lining up with the lighting strikes that start most fires, particularly in California. But that is changing, he said from Washington, D.C. Eighteen large fires were burning in...
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