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Raging Park Fire Grows To California's 6th Largest Wildfire Ever
Thousands of firefighters battling a massive northern California wildfire were working in milder temperatures and higher humidity Monday, but the blaze that has destroyed more than 100 structures since it began five days ago continues to grow.
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2 Killed In California's Largest Wildfire This Year
Firefighters in northern California were battling Monday to gain control over the state's largest wildfire this year, which claimed two lives after exploding in size over the weekend and forcing thousands to evacuate their homes.
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Climate Change Main Cause Of Fires In Western US, Study Shows
Climate change caused overwhelmingly by human activity is the primary source of the unprecedented forest fires regularly ravaging the western United States, according to a study published Monday.
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Brazil President "Working Very Hard" On Amazon Fires, Says Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's response to the fires raging in the Amazon and pledged "full and complete" US support.
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Over 100 Large Wildfires Now Raging Throughout US As New Blazes Erupt
Six large new wildfires erupted in the United States, pushing the number of major active blazes nationwide to over 100, with more expected to break out sparked by lightning strikes on bone-dry terrain, authorities said on Saturday.
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Golfers Continue Game As Wildfire Blazes Behind. Pic Is Crazy Viral
A startling picture of a bunch of golfers in the US, continuing with their game even as a wildfire raged behind them, has taken the Internet by storm.
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Extreme Heat Grips Northern Hemisphere On Summer Solstice
Extreme heat across large tracts of the Northern Hemisphere raised fears for crops in China, fuelled forest fires in Portugal and Russia's Far East, forced flight cancellations in the Southwest US, and melted tarmac on roads in Britain.
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Climate Change Doubles US Forest-Fire Burn Areas: Study
Climate change is making the planet hotter and drier, and has about doubled the area burned by forest fires in the western United States in the past three decades, a study said Monday.
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Fires in US State of Washington Largest in its History
A group of wildfires blazing in the western US state of Washington have become the largest in the state's history, and 2015 has become the state's worst fire year on record, officials said on Monday.
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Firefighters Face High Winds Stoking Deadly Blazes in US Northwest
Crews battling a flurry of wildfires raging unchecked across the Pacific Northwest contended with high winds on Thursday, a day after three firefighters were killed and four others were injured in Washington state.
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US Army Troops Mobilized to Help Fight Western Wildfires
The US Army mobilized soldiers on Monday to reinforce civilian firefighters stretched thin by dozens of major wildfires roaring largely unchecked across the West, with more than 100 homes reduced to ruins in several states.
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Australian Bushfire Survivors Win Record Class Action
Survivors of a devastating 2009 bushfire in Australia won final court approval Tuesday for a nearly Aus$500 million (US$407 million) payout -- the biggest class action settlement in the nation's history.
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Ebola Can Spread Like 'Forest Fire,' US Warns
The deadly Ebola virus can spread like a forest fire, US health authorities have said, urging travellers to West Africa to take extra precautions amid the largest outbreak in history.
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This Happened: A Wedding in a Forest. The Forest Caught Fire
While all of us have heard of wild love, wildfire wedding was certainly unheard of until now.
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Raging Park Fire Grows To California's 6th Largest Wildfire Ever
Thousands of firefighters battling a massive northern California wildfire were working in milder temperatures and higher humidity Monday, but the blaze that has destroyed more than 100 structures since it began five days ago continues to grow.
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2 Killed In California's Largest Wildfire This Year
Firefighters in northern California were battling Monday to gain control over the state's largest wildfire this year, which claimed two lives after exploding in size over the weekend and forcing thousands to evacuate their homes.
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Climate Change Main Cause Of Fires In Western US, Study Shows
Climate change caused overwhelmingly by human activity is the primary source of the unprecedented forest fires regularly ravaging the western United States, according to a study published Monday.
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Brazil President "Working Very Hard" On Amazon Fires, Says Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's response to the fires raging in the Amazon and pledged "full and complete" US support.
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Over 100 Large Wildfires Now Raging Throughout US As New Blazes Erupt
Six large new wildfires erupted in the United States, pushing the number of major active blazes nationwide to over 100, with more expected to break out sparked by lightning strikes on bone-dry terrain, authorities said on Saturday.
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Golfers Continue Game As Wildfire Blazes Behind. Pic Is Crazy Viral
A startling picture of a bunch of golfers in the US, continuing with their game even as a wildfire raged behind them, has taken the Internet by storm.
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Extreme Heat Grips Northern Hemisphere On Summer Solstice
Extreme heat across large tracts of the Northern Hemisphere raised fears for crops in China, fuelled forest fires in Portugal and Russia's Far East, forced flight cancellations in the Southwest US, and melted tarmac on roads in Britain.
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Climate Change Doubles US Forest-Fire Burn Areas: Study
Climate change is making the planet hotter and drier, and has about doubled the area burned by forest fires in the western United States in the past three decades, a study said Monday.
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Fires in US State of Washington Largest in its History
A group of wildfires blazing in the western US state of Washington have become the largest in the state's history, and 2015 has become the state's worst fire year on record, officials said on Monday.
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Firefighters Face High Winds Stoking Deadly Blazes in US Northwest
Crews battling a flurry of wildfires raging unchecked across the Pacific Northwest contended with high winds on Thursday, a day after three firefighters were killed and four others were injured in Washington state.
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US Army Troops Mobilized to Help Fight Western Wildfires
The US Army mobilized soldiers on Monday to reinforce civilian firefighters stretched thin by dozens of major wildfires roaring largely unchecked across the West, with more than 100 homes reduced to ruins in several states.
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Australian Bushfire Survivors Win Record Class Action
Survivors of a devastating 2009 bushfire in Australia won final court approval Tuesday for a nearly Aus$500 million (US$407 million) payout -- the biggest class action settlement in the nation's history.
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Ebola Can Spread Like 'Forest Fire,' US Warns
The deadly Ebola virus can spread like a forest fire, US health authorities have said, urging travellers to West Africa to take extra precautions amid the largest outbreak in history.
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This Happened: A Wedding in a Forest. The Forest Caught Fire
While all of us have heard of wild love, wildfire wedding was certainly unheard of until now.
