wildfires
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Alaska Set Ablaze in Record-Breaking Wildfire Season
Alaska is struggling through a record breaking wildfire season. A million acres have burned as of June 15, the earliest in decades, according to the Anchorage Daily News.
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Two Fires Have Joined Forces in New Mexico as Southwest Wildfires Continue to Blaze
Two wildfires in New Mexico combined and have burned 54,004 acres of land since they first merged, according to an update by New Mexico Fire Information. The fires — separately known as Calf Canyon fire and Hermits Peak fire — first combined on April 19, 2022. The blaze is located near Gallinas Canyon, south of…
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California’s Dixie Fire Has Now Burned an Area the Size of New York City
The Dixie Fire is raging out of control in Northern California’s Plumas and Butte counties. After merging with a smaller blaze known as the Fly Fire over the weekend, its flames continued to spread, devastating nearly 200,000 acres as of Monday morning. It’s now the largest fire in California and is among the more than…
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California’s Hellish 2018 Wildfires Cost the U.S. Economy $200 Billion
Two years later, we’re still adding unfortunate superlatives to the 2018 California wildfire season. The latest is a new study that reveals the hidden toll of what — until this year — was the state’s most destructive fire season.