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Hot Shots: Snowstorm, wildfire, dust storm
A compilation of the past week in social media images includes scenes from a major snowstorm, a California wildfire and a western dust storm.
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Impacts of climate change; extreme weather exacerbated supply chain crisis
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Wildfire forces shutdown of Pacific Coast Highway
Wildfire leads to evacuations and partial closure of California’s Pacific Coast Highway.
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Ex-university instructor charged with setting 4 California fires
A former university lecturer faces four arson counts in California, where firefighters battling the Dixie wildfire could have been trapped.
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Tanker pilot dies in crash while fighting Colorado wildfire
Tanker pilot who died fighting a wildfire was excited to “make history” on a first-of-its-kind flight.
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Colorado wildfire prompts road closure, evacuations
The Kruger Rock wildfire is causing “immediate and imminent danger,” according to Colorado officials.
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Major US highway in California reopens near Alisal wildfire
Truckers can go back to using Highway 101 in Southern California after it was closed due to a spreading wildfire.
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Raging wildfire inches closer to Lake Tahoe
Road closures and evacuations continue as the Caldor fire spreads toward the Lake Tahoe resort area.
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Oregon’s Bootleg fire now as big as New York City
Smoke from Oregon’s Bootleg fire, and dozens of others in the West, could limit truckers’ visibility and produce poor air quality (forecast video included).
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Hot Shots: Firenado, submerged tractor-trailer, commemorative train and more
The past week in images features a funnel spawned by a wildfire, a trucker who drove his rig into a river and a train honoring…
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