Environmental News For The Week Ending 13December 2019
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Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately:
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New US Covid cases were at a record 247,737 on Friday on the worldometers site that I watch; that would be nearly 40% of all the new infections reported worldwide on that day as per that site.However, the Johns Hopkins dashboard is showing a record 1,489,000 new Covid infections worldwide on that date, more than double any previous one day total..I have to assume that s in error, and my best guess would be that somehow the data was entered twice, and they ll eventually correct it.Regardless, whatever the a
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Riverside County fire grows to 1,500 acres, threatening homes [Los Angeles Times]
Authorities issued an evacuation warning Sunday for a small number of Riverside County residents as a wind-driven wildfire that broke out overnight burned through 1,500 acres of rugged terrain south of Beaumont.
An attack by ground crews, air tankers and helicopters stopped the forward spread of the flames before midday, but firefighters were still struggling to contain the edges of the blaze, officials said.
“It’s no longer growing,” said Tawny Cabral, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Riverside County Fire Department. “Now, we work on further containment.”
Riverside County fire grows to 1,500 acres, threatening homes [Los Angeles Times :: BC-CALIF-WILDFIRE:LA]
LOS ANGELES Authorities issued an evacuation warning Sunday for a small number of Riverside County residents as a wind-driven wildfire that broke out overnight burned through 1,500 acres of rugged terrain south of Beaumont.
An attack by ground crews, air tankers and helicopters stopped the forward spread of the flames before midday, but firefighters were still struggling to contain the edges of the blaze, officials said.
“It’s no longer growing,” said Tawny Cabral, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Riverside County Fire Department. “Now, we work on further containment.”
Riverside County fire burns 1,500 acres, threatening homes latimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from latimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.