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California wildfires make run toward giant sequoia groves

California wildfires make run toward giant sequoia groves

Two lightning-sparked wildfires in California merged and made a run to the edge of a grove of ancient sequoias, momentarily driving away firefighters as they try to protect the world's largest tree by wrapping its base in protective foil.
by The Associated Press

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Weather Service says Friday storms included four tornadoes; more than 1,000 remain without power

Weather Service says Friday storms included four tornadoes; more than 1,000 remain without power

The National Weather Service reports at least four tornadoes touched down in Minnesota as severe storms swept across the region early Friday. About 1,700 homes and businesses in the Twin Cities and western Wisconsin remained without power late Saturday afternoon.
by Andrew Krueger

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At least one dead as severe storms bring widespread damage to Minnesota, western Wisconsin

At least one dead as severe storms bring widespread damage to Minnesota, western Wisconsin

A line of strong storms brought damaging winds and at least a couple tornadoes to Minnesota and western Wisconsin early Friday. At least one fatality was reported — in Mankato, where a 4-year-old girl died when a tree branch fell on a tent at a city park.
by MPR News Staff

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Tropical Storm Nicholas slows, dumps rain along Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Nicholas slows, dumps rain along Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Nicholas slowed to a crawl over the Houston area Tuesday after making landfall earlier as a hurricane, knocking out power to a half-million homes and businesses and dumping more than a foot of rain along the same area swamped by Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
by The Associated Press

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Ten years later: Lessons from the Pagami Creek Fire

The Pagami Creek Fire in 2011 blew up into Minnesota’s biggest wildfire in over a century, burning more than 90,000 acres in the Superior National Forest. Ten years later, the forest has been reborn and lessons learned from Pagami now shape how rangers and firefighters respond to wilderness wildfires.
by Dan Kraker

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Survivors reflect on the day the Pagami Creek Fire exploded 10 years ago

Survivors reflect on the day the Pagami Creek Fire exploded 10 years ago

Ten years ago this weekend, the Pagami Creek Fire exploded into the biggest wildfire Minnesota had seen in over a century. What had been burning slowly in the Boundary Waters for weeks became an inferno, sweeping across 16 miles of the wilderness in a single day, overtaking campers and Forest Service rangers caught in its path.
by Dan Kraker

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Biden to survey NY and NJ storm damage after deadly flooding

Biden to survey NY and NJ storm damage after deadly flooding

President Joe Biden will survey damage in parts of the northeast that suffered catastrophic flash flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, and use the muddy backdrop to call for federal spending to fortify infrastructure so it can better withstand such powerful storms.
by The Associated Press

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