What to Know About the Wildfires in California
The state has had more than 3,500 wildfires this year, and the peak of the annual fire season has yet to arrive.
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The state has had more than 3,500 wildfires this year, and the peak of the annual fire season has yet to arrive.
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The health care system in Houston, where more than a million customers lack power, was overwhelmed because some patients couldn’t be discharged amid a punishing heat wave.
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In many places, a scorching Independence Day led into an even hotter weekend.
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The storm will move through the United States this week.
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A new analysis shows increasing frequency and intensity of hurricanes could cause more devastating interruptions to the power grid.
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The hurricane caused destruction across the Caribbean, but some were relieved that it hadn’t been worse.
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The fire in Oroville forced 29,000 people to evacuate their homes earlier this week, but on Thursday officials said they felt “more confident” about containing the fire’s spread.
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The powerful storm, which devastated communities in the eastern Caribbean earlier this week, was headed next to the Cayman Islands.
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The South Fork fire and another one in the state left two people dead and destroyed 1,400 structures.
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Preparations were in progress in the Cayman Islands, where Hurricane Beryl was anticipated to pass through on Wednesday night.
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Gathering data from directly inside the storm can help emergency managers prepare for what’s to come.
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Satellite imagery showed flattened houses and buildings without roofs in Grenada. Officials said roughly 98 percent of the islands’ buildings had been destroyed.
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The fire has burned more than 3,000 acres and threatened residents of Oroville, near the town of Paradise, which was destroyed by a wildfire in 2018.
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Across the state, the mercury is rising and may stay high for a week, if not longer.
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