emergency management
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The Caldor Fire Has Taken an Ominous Turn Toward Lake Tahoe
While the Gulf South is underwater, the West is ablaze in a serious way. On Sunday, fire officials put residents of the city of South Lake Tahoe under an evacuation warning due to the spread of the Caldor Fire.
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Wildfires Continue to Rage Across Greece, Cutting Island in Half and Forcing Thousands to Flee
Flames tore through residential areas and threatened historic sites as wildfires burned across Greece for a fifth day on Saturday, a scene so apocalyptic that one local official described it as “a biblical catastrophe,” the Associated Press reports.
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‘It’s a Miracle That We Are Still Alive’: Inside Sardinia’s Terrifying Firestorm
What had been a rich Mediterranean landscape of maquis, ancient olive trees, and ruby vineyards is now a charred skeletal tangle clinging to hills above the pristine Sardinian sea.
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The Bootleg Fire Grows to the Size of Los Angeles as Government Warns of ‘National Wildfire Crisis’
The West’s nightmare summer continues to grow worse. The Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon is the largest in the U.S. and has now overrun more than 300,000 acres. Yet as the fire rages out of control, more dire news is on the horizon: The Forest Service’s budget and firefighting resources are expected to be tapped…