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Major US Wildfire In Oregon Spreads, More People Evacuated
With oppressively hot, dry weather looming over much of the Western US and Canada on Sunday, the enormous Bootleg Fire in Oregon grew again and authorities ordered new evacuations.
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Smoke From US Fires Reaches Europe, Satellite Data Shows
Smoke from the fires devastating swathes of the US West Coast has reached as far as Europe, the European Union's climate monitoring service said Wednesday in its assessment of the "unprecedented" blazes.
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Donald Trump Dismisses Climate Concerns As He Visits Fire-Ravaged Western US
President Donald Trump on Monday suggested global warming will reverse itself and dismissed climate change as a cause of ferocious fires engulfing swaths of the US West, during a briefing in California on the deadly blazes.
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Smog Blankets US West Coast As Deadly Wildfires Rage
Dense smog from US wildfires that have burnt nearly five million acres and killed 27 people smothered the West Coast Saturday, as presidential challenger Joe Biden warned climate change is becoming an existential issue.
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15 Killed, More Than Half A Million Evacuated In Western US Wildfires
Firefighters were battling unprecedented wildfires up and down the US West Coast on Friday that killed 15 people and forced more than half a million others to flee their homes, with officials warning of more deaths to come in the days ahead.
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Barack Obama Shares Pics Of Orange Skies Amid West Coast Fires
Former US President Barack Obama has shared images that show an apocalyptic orange glow filling the sky in the western United States amid raging wildfires.
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"Unless They Get Their Act Together": Trump Cuts Aid For California Wildfires
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he has ordered a halt to federal emergency funds for California to fight wildfires and manage its forests unless officials in the western US state can "get their act together."
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4, Including German National, Die In US Heatwave That Sparked Wildfire
At least four people, including a German man, have died from the blistering heat that has gripped the western United States and sparked wildfires and evacuations across the region, authorities 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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Hot Weather, High Winds Could Worsen Fire Conditions in US West
Dozens of wildfires, including the largest on record in Washington state, roared through parts of the bone-dry U.S. West on Monday with unusually warm weather and a return of high winds expected to heighten fire risk in the Pacific Northwest later this week.
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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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Hundreds of Homes Threatened by US Wildfire
A wind-fueled wildfire chased people from nearly 900 homes in Washington state as it burned through a landscape reminiscent of the Alps.
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Major US Wildfire In Oregon Spreads, More People Evacuated
With oppressively hot, dry weather looming over much of the Western US and Canada on Sunday, the enormous Bootleg Fire in Oregon grew again and authorities ordered new evacuations.
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Smoke From US Fires Reaches Europe, Satellite Data Shows
Smoke from the fires devastating swathes of the US West Coast has reached as far as Europe, the European Union's climate monitoring service said Wednesday in its assessment of the "unprecedented" blazes.
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Donald Trump Dismisses Climate Concerns As He Visits Fire-Ravaged Western US
President Donald Trump on Monday suggested global warming will reverse itself and dismissed climate change as a cause of ferocious fires engulfing swaths of the US West, during a briefing in California on the deadly blazes.
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Smog Blankets US West Coast As Deadly Wildfires Rage
Dense smog from US wildfires that have burnt nearly five million acres and killed 27 people smothered the West Coast Saturday, as presidential challenger Joe Biden warned climate change is becoming an existential issue.
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15 Killed, More Than Half A Million Evacuated In Western US Wildfires
Firefighters were battling unprecedented wildfires up and down the US West Coast on Friday that killed 15 people and forced more than half a million others to flee their homes, with officials warning of more deaths to come in the days ahead.
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Barack Obama Shares Pics Of Orange Skies Amid West Coast Fires
Former US President Barack Obama has shared images that show an apocalyptic orange glow filling the sky in the western United States amid raging wildfires.
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"Unless They Get Their Act Together": Trump Cuts Aid For California Wildfires
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he has ordered a halt to federal emergency funds for California to fight wildfires and manage its forests unless officials in the western US state can "get their act together."
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4, Including German National, Die In US Heatwave That Sparked Wildfire
At least four people, including a German man, have died from the blistering heat that has gripped the western United States and sparked wildfires and evacuations across the region, authorities 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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Hot Weather, High Winds Could Worsen Fire Conditions in US West
Dozens of wildfires, including the largest on record in Washington state, roared through parts of the bone-dry U.S. West on Monday with unusually warm weather and a return of high winds expected to heighten fire risk in the Pacific Northwest later this week.
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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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Hundreds of Homes Threatened by US Wildfire
A wind-fueled wildfire chased people from nearly 900 homes in Washington state as it burned through a landscape reminiscent of the Alps.
