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Amid respite, West readies for more wildfires

2014-08-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Wildfires, like earthquakes, are a frightening fact of life in California, just more predictable. So as thousands of firefighters made progress in taming more than a dozen blazes that have pockmarked the northern half of the state, fire officials and anxious residents of drought-afflicted rural communities breathed a shallow sigh of relief they knew might not last long. Light rain and an infusion of personnel and equipment from as far away as San Diego allowed fire crews to continue gaining momentum...

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No respite from 'worst storm in decade'

2014-07-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Radio New Zealand: The storm has caused "millions of dollars" of damage to electricity networks after hurricane-force winds since Tuesday snapped concrete power poles and felled massive trees from Cape Reinga to Kaiwaka. A Far North farmer described it as the worst since Cyclone Bola in 1988. The MetService said on Thursday night that Northland could get up to 150 millimetres of rain between now and Saturday morning, as well as winds that could reach gale-force in exposed places. The winds are also likely to be strong...

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