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Heat wave, drought elevate wildfire threat in the West
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Più di 70 grande, active fires continue to burn across the western US, and the weather forecast for the upcoming week will only make conditions worse. Drought, venti forti, dry vegetation and above average temper...
A 709-day snow drought will come to an end on Sunday in Washington, DC
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It's been nearly two years since Washington, DC, has had a snowfall greater than 1 inch, but that could change drastically by Monday. The city is under a winter storm watch from Saturday evening until Sunday evening...
Trudeau warns of a dangerous third wave as Canada copes with a vaccine ‘drought’
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Ottawa Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Canadians that public health measures, including restrictions on indoor social gatherings, would have to continue for weeks to comes as new Covid-19 variants, and a slow va...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declares drought emergency in 2 contee
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The declaration is targeted to Mendocino and Sonoma counties, where drought conditions are especially bad, rather than statewide, as some officials and farmers in the agricultural-rich Central Valley had hoped. But t...
Drought emergency declared in most of California amid ‘acute water supply shortfalls’
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom expanded a drought emergency Monday across most of the parched state, covering a vast stretch of the central and northern regions of the state as it endures its second major drought in l...
Western drought worsens and winds pick up, fueling wildfire concerns for millions
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Wildfires remain a growing concern with over 4 million people under red flag warnings, as drought conditions across the western US continue to worsen. 'Zombie fires' are already smoldering in the Arctic. They co...
Le condizioni di siccità potrebbero peggiorare gli incendi della California che hanno già bruciato 5 volte più terra quest'anno rispetto allo stesso periodo dell'anno scorso
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Gli incendi sono bruciati brutalmente 14,000 acri in California quest'anno, mentre una crescente siccità attanaglia il sud-ovest -- più di cinque volte la superficie carbonizzata nello stesso periodo lo scorso anno. È una tendenza preoccupante che ha fi ...
Utah governor asks residents to pray for rain to help combat a record drought
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The governor of Utah is calling on a higher power to help combat the extreme dry weather afflicting the state. Di giovedì, Gov. Spencer Cox issued a declaration calling for Utahns to participate in a weekend of pra...
La siccità estrema peggiora in Occidente, con "eccezionale"’ condizioni che coprono più di 26% della regione
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Una settimana molto secca con temperature ben al di sopra della media ha peggiorato una già grave siccità negli Stati Uniti occidentali, secondo l'US Dry Monitor. Nuovi dati mostrano che tutti e quattro gli stati sono in condizioni di siccità..
A ranch is running out of water in the West’s historic drought. 'Nel 85 anni, it’s not been this bad.’
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T.J. Atkin's family has been in the cattle ranching business for nearly a century. In that time, lui dice, a drought has never hit their operations this hard. "Everyone else I've talked to says in 85 anni, it has n...
California’s Willow Fire spreads to 2,000 acres as record drought, heat continue to grip state
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The blaze, located in Los Padres National Forest near Monterey County's Big Sur, began Thursday night shortly at 8:10 p.m. PT. NATIONAL WEATHER FORECAST: HEAT CONTINUES TO THREATEN WEST, TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ISSU...
Pacific Northwest expected to endure oppressive heat this weekend amid the West’s drought misery
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Parts of Oregon and Washington state will be under an excessive heat watch this weekend as scorching, possibly record-breaking heat settles into the region. The excessive heat watch will go into effect Friday aftern...
Historic drought in West brings plague of grasshoppers
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Federal agriculture officials are launching what could become their largest grasshopper-killing campaign since the 1980s amid an outbreak of the drought-loving insects that cattle ranchers fear will strip bare public...
Più di 90% of West threatened by historic drought that may stretch through summer
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A map of the severe conditions released Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor – which was started in 2000 and is produced through a partnership of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's National Drought Mitigation Cente...
Drought woes in dry US West raise July 4 fireworks fears
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Fireworks already have caused a few small wildfires, including one started by a child in northern Utah and another in central California. L'anno scorso, a pyrotechnic device designed for a baby’s gender reveal celebratio...
Finale della Stanley Cup 2021: Sguardo fulmineo da ripetere, I canadesi sperano di porre fine alla siccità
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I Montreal Canadiens stanno cercando di estendere ulteriormente il record di vittorie della Stanley Cup in campionato a 24 mentre viaggiano a sud per affrontare il Tampa Bay Lightning, che sono alla ricerca di campionati consecutivi, unendo il...