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U.S. wildfires just set an amazing and troubling new record
2016-01-07 19:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Last years wildfire season set a record with more than 10 million acres burned. Thats more land than Maryland, the District and Delaware combined. More than half the total was the result of mega-fires in Alaska, where dryness due to historically low mountain snowpack and a freak lightning storm created perfect conditions for a huge blaze. The nations overall toll was about 4 million acres more than the yearly average, scorching a record set in 2006. The record was anticipated by the U.S....
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