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Wildfires threaten Yosemite other western communities
2014-09-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Autumn may be in the air, but the summer fire season continues to threaten communities and natural resources around the West. A 300-acre wildfire just outside Yosemite National Park in California, discovered Friday, prompted authorities to order the evacuation of hundreds of about 700 homes and the closure of some roads in the area. By midday Saturday, the fire was 25 percent contained. Farther north in bone-dry California, the Happy Camp complex of fires west of Yreka, which began nearly four...
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