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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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Utah man charged after authorities say he started a wildfire while trying to kill a spider with a lighter
"What led him to stop and notice a spider and decide to try to burn it, we don't know," Sgt. Spence…
Taylor Ardrey
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Olympic climber Nathaniel Coleman is trying to save the crags he grew up climbing from a controversial development plan in an iconic Utah canyon
Coleman, who won silver at sport climbing's Olympics debut, told Insider: "I wouldn't be the same c…
Kelsey Vlamis
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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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How a network in Salt Lake City is bringing experts together to address climate change issues in Utah
The Utah Climate Action Network is creating partnerships to fight climate-related issues like worse…
Erica Sweeney
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Welcome to your new planet: There's no such thing as a local disaster
The effects of climate change are inescapable. Extreme weather no longer stays confined to one loca…
Aria Bendix
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Drought maps show the western US at its driest in 20 years - a ticking time bomb for even more fires and power failures
Key water reservoirs were already alarmingly dry when a heat wave blanketed the western US, straini…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Madison…
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I'm a 36-year-old luxury real estate agent in Park City, Utah, where the market is sizzling and we're seeing a huge influx of Silicon Valley workers
Park City has luxury ski amenities and a small-town vibe, says Liza Story, who grew up there and sa…
Amber Gibson
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A man who lives alone in an airplane hangar in a Utah ghost town has found the ultimate escape
Ivo Zdarsky has been living alone in an airplane hangar in the abandoned town of Lucin, Utah, since…
Sophie-Claire Hoeller
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Firefighters had to suspend aerial operations over a Utah wildfire when someone illegally flew a drone over the blaze
According to tweets from Provo Fire and Rescue and the FAA, aerial operations were held up for an h…
David Slotnick
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I'm a wildland firefighter in Colorado who's been battling blazes and scrambling to save homes. It's hard to have a social life.
"You don't want your entire gender blamed if you mess up. I'm always trying to work hard to prove m…
Justin Higginbottom
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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 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…
Ryan Pickrell
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Yosemite reopens after a 3-week closure due to a massive wildfire that cost businesses hundreds of thousands of dollars
"From an economic standpoint, it's majorly significant to the region," said Montalto, who visited o…
Associated Press,Kelly McLaug…
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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…
Guia Del Prado
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A firefighter killed in California's largest wildfire in state history was hit by an 87-foot tree that got uprooted in a fire-suppressant drop that went wrong
Burchett and the other firefighters were assigned to create a boundary designed to prevent the fire…
John Walsh
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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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Miss Hawaii is taking over as Miss USA following Noelia Voigt's historic resignation
Three days after Noelia Voigt's resignation, Miss USA announced that Miss Hawaii Savannah Gankiewic…
Anneta Konstantinides,Samanth…
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'We're in a perfect storm.' Insurers flee parts of America amid the climate crisis and rising costs to rebuild.
Property insurers are fleeing California, Florida, and Colorado following a rise in natural disaste…