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Fires, smoke, floods are drawbacks of Alaska's hot summer

2013-08-17 14:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Alaska residents have been enjoying an unusually warm, sunny summer, but the pleasant weather has come at a cost: choking smoke from an extended wildfire season, flooding rivers due to fast-melting snow and glacial ice, and fish covered in algae. Wildfires have burned 1.25 million acres across Alaska this summer, according to the state's fire-management center, the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center. Seventy fires were active on Friday, including a 57,870-acre (23,400-hectare) blaze near Delta...

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