Wildfires threaten homes, land across 10 Western states
Wildfires threaten homes, land across 10 Western states
Los Angeles, Jul 13:Wildfires that torched homes and forced thousands to evacuate burned across 10 parched Western states on Tuesday, and the largest, in Oregon, threatened California’s power supply.
Nearly 60 wildfires tore through bone-dry timber and brush from Alaska to Wyoming, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Arizona, Idaho and Montana accounted for more than half of the large active fires.
The fires erupted as the West was in the grip of the second bout of dangerously high temperatures in just a few weeks. A climate change-fueled megadrought also is contributing to conditions that make fires even more dangerous, scientists say.
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The Beckwourth Complex Fire reached more than 92,000 acres on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 and has prompted evacuations in Lassen County near the California-Nevada border. The U.S. Department of Defense has provided C-130 MAFFS-equipped aircraft to help control the fire.
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Wildfires that torched homes and forced thousands to evacuate burned across 10 parched Western states on Tuesday, and the largest, in Oregon, threatened a portion of California’s power supply.
Nearly 60 wildfires tore through bone-dry timber and brush from Alaska to Wyoming, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Arizona, Idaho and Montana accounted for more than half of the large active fires.
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July 12, 2021 3:37 PM Associated Press
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POMEROY, Wash. (AP) A wildfire has closed the scenic North Cascades Highway, the most northern route through the Cascade Range.
The state Department of Transportation on Monday morning closed State Route 20 west of the town of Winthrop.
The highway is popular among tourists in the summer months, linking the Methow Valley with western Washington. The road provides access to North Cascades National Park and the Ross Lake National Recreation Area. It is closed much of the winter because of snow.
Meanwhile, a lightning-caused wildfire burning mostly in Asotin County in southeastern Washington grew to more than 85.9 square miles (222.4 square kilometers) Monday and was only 20 percent contained.
LOS ANGELES Dozens of wildfires burned across the torrid U.S. West on Monday, but fire agencies reported some progress in corralling the flames and forecasters predicted a gradual decrease in extreme temperatures. The fires have forced evacuations in numerous areas with scattered homes and tiny communities where some burned houses and other structures have been observed, but total losses were still being tallied. The fires erupted as the West was in the grip of the second bout of dangerously high temperatures in just a few weeks. And a climate change-fueled megadrought is making conditions that lead to fire even more dangerous, scientists say.