crews in california are taking extraordinary measures to put out a fire that is threatening the sequoia trees in yosemite. they installed a sprinkler system to dampen the ground around won t of the most famous trees. some of these trees are thought to be thousands of years old. they have the blaze 22% contained. and the power grid customers are being asked to conserve energy and turn their thermostats up during the afternoon hours. in nevada, a sunken world war ii military vessel is emerging from lake mead as water levels continue to drop in the extreme drought conditions. this is the latest object to emerge as water levels plunge. the national park service isn t
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Sprinkler-system
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Crews
Northern-california
Sequoia-trees
Yosemite
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Ground
Trees
Thousands