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Pacific Northwest urged to prepare during ‘Air Quality Awareness Week’
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — It’s ‘Air Quality Awareness Week’ and many organizations including the EPA are asking people to prepare for bad ...
Fighting every wildfire ensures the big fires are more extreme, and may harm forests’ ability to adapt to climate change
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In the U.S., wildland firefighters are able to stop about 98% of all wildfires before the fires have burned even 100 acres. ...
National Guard joins in fight, see map
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Residents flee Shenandoah County as wildfire tears through mountains At least five homes were destroyed near Shenandoah National Park in Virginia after ...
Wildfires are becoming night owls — and that’s a big problem
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Wildfires are no longer quieting down overnight, and new research suggests the dynamic is fueling some of the most extreme and damaging ...
How a warming climate is setting the stage for fast-spreading, destructive wildfires
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Texas is no stranger to winter wildfires, but the ferocity of the Smokehouse Creek fire — the state’s largest on record after ...
In Texas, a powerful combination of dry land and high winds fuels wildfires
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Abnormally warm temperatures, dry grasses and a sudden windy cold front combined to create the conditions for the destructive wildfires that have ...
Texas nuclear weapons facility pauses operations as wildfires spread through Panhandle
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CANADIAN, Texas (AP) — Rapidly moving Texas wildfires Tuesday prompted evacuation orders in small towns and shut down a nuclear facility as ...
How scientists are using artificial intelligence to predict wildfires
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Fire weather prediction is not easy — there are so many different types of challenges that forecasters face both before a wildfire ...
Hundreds of people are missing as the death toll from Chile’s wildfires reaches 122
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Volunteers in central Chile tried to remove charred metal, broken glass and other debris Monday from neighborhoods devastated ...
How climate change contributes to wildfires like Chile’s
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At least 112 people have been killed by wildfires in central Chile, leading its president to declare two days of national mourning. ...