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Wildfire Near LA Destroys Homes, Forces Evacuations
2014-01-16 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: A wildfire that broke out Thursday morning in a national forest roughly 40 miles east of downtown Los Angeles has destroyed more than 1,700 homes and forced the evacuation of dozens of residents. Three people have been arrested in connection to the fire that ignited in the Angeles National Forest, according to the Los Angeles Times. According to the Times, arson investigators were at the scene of the blaze, which had already destroyed at least two homes by 11 a.m. - roughly five hours after...
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Residents evacuated as wildfire burns in forest east of Los Angeles
2014-01-16 19:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A fast-moving California wildfire, started accidentally by three campers, roared out of control in foothills above Los Angeles on Thursday, destroying at least two homes and forcing more than 1,000 residents to flee, fire and law enforcement officials said. The wind-whipped blaze erupted before dawn in the Angeles National Forest north of Glendora, about 40 miles east of downtown Los Angeles in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. By mid-morning, the so-called Colby Fire had blackened...
California wildfire: why winter hasn't brought relief
2014-01-16 12:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Homes burned in a wildfire threatening neighborhoods in dangerously dry foothills of Southern California's San Gabriel Mountains on Thursday, fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds that spit embers into the city below. Residents who awakened in the pre-dawn darkness to see flames approaching were ordered to evacuate. Television images showed several structures engulfed in flames in a neighborhood abutting Angeles National Forest, just north of the San Gabriel Valley community of Glendora. Homes are nestled...
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Alaska Roasts During October, Reigniting Wildfire
2013-10-31 19:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Now is the time of year when Alaska's snowpack starts to build and temperatures plunge as the days become shorter and shorter. But this year, October has turned out to be more like September, with rainstorms instead of snowstorms, and some of the mildest temperatures on record for the month, particularly across interior Alaska. While the warm weather pattern, which has been dominated by a high pressure area in the upper atmosphere, is beginning to change with colder and snowier conditions arriving...
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Wildfire smoke can drift for hundreds of miles, hurting health
2013-10-26 20:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: Smoke from U.S. wildfires can drift for hundreds of miles and hurt the health of millions, an environmental group says. A report by the Natural Resources Defense Council, based on smoke data from the 2011 wildfire season -- one of the worst in recent decades -- found the area affected by smoke was 50 times greater than the area burned by fire. About two-thirds of Americans -- nearly 212 million people -- live in counties affected by smoke conditions in 2011. Many states had large wildfires...
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