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Southern California wildfire pushes east, forces evacuations
2013-08-09 03:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Firefighters gained ground against a wind-whipped California wildfire that has destroyed 15 buildings, injured at least five people and forced the evacuation of 500 homes in several small communities east of Los Angeles. The fire erupted on Wednesday near a back-country road south of the town of Banning, and by nightfall on Thursday had blackened an estimated 14,000 acres, the Riverside County Fire Department said on its website. Four firefighters and one civilian have been hurt in the blaze, which...
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California wildfire destroys at least 10 homes
2013-08-09 03:13:34| Chemicals - Topix.net
Five people were injured, while more than 1,000 firefighters, 13 helicopters and six air tankers battled the flames as they pushed eastward along the San Jacinto Mountains, a desert range 90 miles east of Los Angeles, Cal Fire Riverside Chief John R. Hawkins said.
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California wildfire destroys at least 10 homes
2013-08-09 03:13:33| Chemicals - Topix.net
A rapidly spreading wildfire chewed through a rugged Southern California mountain range on Thursday, destroying at least 10 homes, threatening more than 500 other residences and forcing some 1,500 people to flee.
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Southern California wildfire growing amid hot, dry conditions, threatening hundreds of homes
2013-08-09 02:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Susana Medrano stood in her front yard, mesmerized by the orange and red flames creeping along the wind-swept mountain ridge behind her home, and struggled to leave. Her children sat in the back of her pickup after grabbing the new clothes and backpacks they had bought for the school year, which starts next week. Now they were wondering whether they would have a place to live. Its hard because we dont know whats going to happen, the mother of four said Thursday, her eyes tearing up as she...
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Climate change is impacting California
2013-08-09 01:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Coastal waters off California are getting more acidic. Fall-run chinook salmon populations to the Sacramento River are on the decline. Conifer forests on the lower slopes of the Sierra Nevada have moved to higher elevations over the past half century. That's just a snapshot of how climate change is affecting California's natural resources, a report released Thursday found. "There's certainly reason for concern," said Dan Cayan, a climate scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography...
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