The National Climate Assessment breaks the states into 10 sections, and Virginia fell under the southeast region. Authors for the assessment analyzed several aspects of the country's climate, including adaptation projects, potential threats to the United States' supply chains and current trends.
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Recent rainfall has also helped the crews on the Lowline Fire burning in Gunnison County, in advance of drying conditions and decreasing humidity forecasted for later in the week.
A wildfire burning on U.S. Forest Service land northwest of Gunnison has grown to 1,427 acres – about 2 square miles – as firefighters worked to thin out overgrown vegetation in the area.
No injuries .
The Lowline fire ignited last week after a lightning bolt struck an area of remote forest service land. The area is full of dry, beetle-kill timber and grasses, which has kept the fire smoldering.