California wildfires (updates)
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California Housing Policy Is Making Wildfires Worse
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A Cathedral City firefighter hoses a burning structure at the Meadowood Napa Valley resort in St. Helena, California, on September 28, 2020.JANE TYSKA / DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA / EAST BAY TIMES VIA GETTY IMAGES Monday morning, Sept. 28, California woke … Read More
Coronavirus death toll hits 1M worldwide
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The news comes as Europe braces for a ‘second wave’. There have been over 1 million coronavirus-associated deaths worldwide since the illness was first reported in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, according to Johns Hopkins University data. In January, as the virus … Read More
Northern California wildfire: 3 dead, thousands flee
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‘Our firefighters have not had much of a break, and these residents have not had much of a break’. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Northern California‘s wine country was on fire again Monday as strong winds fanned flames in the already scorched … Read More
More Than 1,000 Californians May Have Died from Wildfire Smoke
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Between Aug. 1 and Sept. 10, the historically bad concentrations of wildfire smoke were responsible for at least 1,200 and possibly up to 3,000 deaths in California that otherwise would not have occurred, according to an estimate by researchers at … Read More
Magnitude 6.1 quake hits Philippines Surigao del Sur’s City
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The quake struck 41 kilometres northwest of the municipality of Don Marcelino. A 6.1 magnitude earthquake jolted Surigao del Sur province in southern Philippines today morning. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported that the strong temblor struck … Read More
A Meeting of Smoke and Storms
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In September 2020, historic wildfires on the U.S. West Coast lofted plumes of smoke high into the atmosphere. Pushed by prevailing winds that sweep air from west to east, satellites tracked the smoke as it spread widely across much of the continental … Read More