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Fires are spreading like crazy in Alaska and scientists are concerned

Fires actually serve a purpose in nature, as the charred vegetation returns minerals to soil, and m…

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Nearly 2 million acres of land are burning across the US in one of the worst fire seasons we've ever seen

"This one in particular has been a longer season. It really hasn't stopped since the fall of 2016,"…

Kevin Loria   


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The wildfires currently raging in the US have burned a combined area bigger than Delaware

Fires in 13 states have collectively burned 2,104 square miles of land, destroying an area larger t…

Kelly McLaughlin   


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Year in review: There were about 57,000 wildfires this year. About 10,000,000 acres burned.

As 2020 winds to a close, firefighters are still struggling to contain three active California wild…

Yelena Dzhanova   


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FIREFIGHTER: Wildfires are 'burning hotter, and their behavior is more erratic and more extreme'

As for climate change, experts won't say that it is the sole culprit for the current state of out-o…

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Wildfires are already raging in the dried-out West coast - and it's about to get a lot worse

As for climate change, experts won't say that it is the sole culprit for the current state of out-o…

Guia Del Prado   


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Shocking video shows firefighters in California ride through blazing flames during Tamarack wildfire

The UC Davis Fire Department responded to a housing development on the California-Nevada border thi…

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Oregon Bootleg wildfire spreads over 3,90,000 acres so far, say officials

Brown, along with the state fire marshal and director of emergency management, briefed the p…

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The Army is sending 200 soldiers to combat the wildfires raging across the Western US

Two hundred active-duty soldiers from the 7th Infantry Division's 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion a…

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Wildfires rip across the southern and central US, burning over 1 million acres

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences last month found…

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The Dixie fire has destroyed Greenville, a historic Sierra Nevada town that dates back to California's Gold Rush era

The fire gutted a gas station, church, bar, and hotel that were preserved since the Gold Rush, and …

Cheryl Teh   


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This video of a wildfire engulfing a forest in seconds is terrifying

"In the 70s and 80s, the fires weren't as big, they weren't as intense and the fire seasons were sh…

Guia Marie Del Prado   


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Oregon officials said they are preparing for a 'mass fatality incident' as 500,000 people stand in evacuation zones from the wildfires ravaging the West Coast

There are currently 6 reported deaths in Oregon due to the wildfires that have devastated millions …

Katie Canales   


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The Southern California fires are part of an incredibly long and destructive wildfire season

In California, scientists have reported that climate change exacerbated the multi-year drought that…

Kevin Loria   


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Trump reportedly praised the clean-cut look of his new National Security Adviser, after complaining about predecessor John Bolton's bushy mustache

"I think the greatest challenge he will have is his relative lack of experience inside the U.S. gov…

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The Weather Channel's blazing-hot wildfire simulation clearly explains why wildfires are getting so much worse in California and the western US

It's shaping up to be another record-breaking year of wildfires in California. As of October 20, mo…

Hilary Brueck   


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Oregon's Bootleg Fire is so big it's generating dangerous fire clouds and firestorms that can spark their own lightning

When heat from wildfires rises skyward, it can create fire clouds and pyrocumulonimbus storms - eno…

Aylin Woodward   


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Wildfires are consuming drought-ridden California

Many people not affected by the fires stepped up to help. Tabetha Atwood, the owner of Our Happy Ta…

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Why wildfire season is getting longer and more destructive

The burning doesn't just destroy forests. It has serious effects on air quality, making it unhealth…

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