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Soaring temperatures may complicate fight against Idaho wildfire

2013-08-16 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A massive wildfire raging in the Idaho mountains crept ever closer to a pair of nearly deserted resort towns on Thursday, with firefighters bracing for soaring temperatures and high winds that could complicate their work, federal fire managers said. The so-called Elk Complex Fire, which has been nipping at the edges of the south central Idaho communities of Pine and Featherville for days, has already devoured 38 homes and 43 other structures outside the city limits since it was sparked by lightning...

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Wildfire threatens two Idaho mountain towns; evacuations ordered

2013-08-14 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A wildfire nipping at the edges of two Idaho mountain resort towns has destroyed about a dozen homes, prompting authorities to intensify calls to hundreds of residents to heed mandatory orders to evacuate, fire officials said on Tuesday. It was unclear how many of the 1,000 summer residents of the towns of Pine and Featherville had actually left their homes ahead of the lightning-sparked blaze, which has already charred 99,000 acres and is now the nation's top firefighting priority. It is the...

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California wildfire that has injured 12 nearly contained

2013-08-12 06:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A wind-driven wildfire was nearing full containment on Sunday after raging for five days through brush east of Los Angeles, injuring 11 firefighters and one civilian, state fire officials said. The so-called Silver Fire erupted south of the Riverside County town of Banning and by Sunday evening had charred some 20,292 acres in the San Jacinto Mountains, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. Two of the firefighters suffered minor injuries on Sunday and the other injuries...

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California wildfire season: 43 percent more fires, so far

2013-08-10 23:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: California truly is the Golden State this summer -- golden brown -- and that has fire officials worried heading into the peak of the wildfire season. It's still weeks before the fire-fanning Santa Ana winds usually arrive and already it's been a brutal fire season, with nearly twice as many acres (hectares) burned statewide from a year ago, including 19,000 acres (7,690 hectares) scorched this week in a blaze still raging in the mountains 90 miles (145 kilometers) east of Los Angeles. So far...

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California Wildfire Season Likely To Get Worse When Santa Ana Winds Arrive

2013-08-10 07:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Huffington Post: California truly is the Golden State this summer -- golden brown -- and that has fire officials worried heading into the peak of the wildfire season. It's still weeks before the fire-fanning Santa Ana winds usually arrive and already it's been a brutal fire season, with nearly twice as many acres burned statewide from a year ago, including 19,000 scorched this week in a blaze still raging in the mountains 90 miles east of Los Angeles. That fire, burning nearly 30 square miles, was almost half...

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