wildfire
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Its members were involved in wildfire cleanups and removing waste from the hazardous Lineage warehouse fire in Boyle Heights in June.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Flash flooding in Arizona recently swept through the Grand Canyon, killing at least two people, a weather event that was exacerbated by wildfire scarring, drought and warming temperatures in the Pacific Ocean.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
The FEMA-funded case management program was activated on Jan. 8, 2025, when the California Department of Social Services entered an agreement with Catholic Charities of California to oversee casework for thousands of L.A. wildfire victims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Speaking in the Scottish Parliament, Gray said the wildfire that burned in the Cairngorms, near Aviemore, for almost five weeks was one of 58 incidents in Scotland this year.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Away from the wildfire, the air will cool.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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This year's event comes at the end of the warmest summer in the UK since records began in 1884, according to provisional Met Office figures, during which wildfires have been common across the country.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
“The West is being dewatered in this entire climate crisis,” said Kathleen Kelley, whose ranch burned last year in one of the largest wildfires in Colorado history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
An orangutan mother and her baby, threatened by encroaching wildfires to their habitat in Indonesia, were rescued earlier this week, authorities said in a statement Saturday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
That includes droughts, floods, infrastructure damage, coral bleaching, wildfires, and agricultural and health effects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
They were trying to create a firebreak, a buffer zone like the bald where there would be nothing for the wildfires to burn.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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Earth Science - Middle School
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