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Firefighters step up battle against Idaho blaze; resort towns menaced
2013-08-19 14:36:38| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A wildfire that has forced the evacuation of more than 2,000 homes in central Idaho roared largely unchecked into a 12th day on Monday near the ski resort of Sun Valley, even though fire crews launched a big offensive against the blaze at the weekend. Firefighters took advantage of calmer winds and higher humidity levels on Sunday to attack the flames aggressively, but still ended the day with containment lines carved around less than 10 percent of the blaze's perimeter, fire officials said. ...
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Sea-level-rise map shows 30 Washington State towns inundated
2013-08-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KPLU: The warming climate is causing sea levels to rise as oceans expand, and, combined with more frequent storms, the effects could be devastating. A new map shows more than 1,400 towns in the U.S., 30 in Washington state, where half the population will be displaced if current trends continue through the end of this century. The map, based on analysis recently published by the National Academy of Sciences, looks at what would happen if we do nothing to change our pollution rates until 2100. Warming...
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Hundreds evacuated as wildfire menaces Idaho ski resort towns
2013-08-17 02:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Firefighters battled on Friday to check a fast-moving wildfire raging near the Sun Valley ski resort in Idaho, where more than 1,000 people were evacuated as flames menaced multimillion-dollar homes in the area, authorities said. The so-called Beaver Creek Fire, the nation's top firefighting priority, has raced across 64,000 acres of mountains and canyons intersected by luxury housing developments since it was sparked by lightning in the Sawtooth National Forest on August 7. Occupants of more than...
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Sludge taints town's water
2013-08-17 01:29:43| Waste Management - Topix.net
Water here was contaminated after sludge from a holding pond was sucked into the treatment plant leaving residents without water or sewer and prompting Pondera County to declare an emergency, water district, state and county officials said Friday.
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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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