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Anchorage, AK, United States / KBYR 700 AM Jul 21, 2021 | 12:34 PM PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Smoke and ash from massive wildfires in the American West clouded the sky and led to air quality alerts Wednesday on parts of the East Coast as the effects of the blazes were felt 2,500 miles (4,023 kilometers) away. Strong winds blew smoke east from California, Oregon, Montana and other states all the way to other side of the continent. Haze hung over New York City, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The na...

Around the globe, a summer of extremes The portfolio of disasters this year have raised the specter of irreversible climate change as never before and offered glimpses of what it means to live on a warming planet.  By David Pierson , ...

July 21, 2021 Toa55/iStock (LOS ANGELES) — The heat emanating from the dozens of wildfires ravaging the West is creating thunderstorms without rain in regions desperate for moisture. The pyrocumulus clouds, or fire-driven thunderstorm clouds, are created as large pockets of heat and smoke from the Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon rise and meet a relatively cool atmosphere. The thunderstorms typically don’t contain rain because any moisture that forms usually evaporates on the way down. V...

Smoke from the Western wildfires is so widespread, it reached New York City Hollie Silverman, Michael Guy and Joe Sutton, CNN Share This Smoke seen from the rooftop of the American Cooper Building at 1st Avenue in New York City. | Melvin Rodriguez (CNN) — Extreme heat and dry conditions are fueling raging wildfires in the western US, charring more than a million acres, requiring evacuations and creating smoky conditions visible from space. Smoke stretched early Wednesday all the way to the E...

Fire officials confirmed today that the Bootleg Fire was caused by lightning. The nearly 400-thousand acre fire was first discovered on July 6th. The fire started on U.S. Forest Service land, and the department handled the investigation into the ignition site. Investigators blocked off the area and looked for all evidence. They say the origin of the fire was so far from roads or homes, making a human cause far less likely. It’s all evidence based – and with lightning, firefighters say that...

Oregon Seeks Help Outside the Region as Bootleg Fire Continues to Grow Jul 21, 2021 09:42 am Share with With the Bootleg Fire growing each day, Oregons officials are asking for help from outside the Pacific Northwest to prepare for additional blazes. The fire is currently around half the size of Rhode Island, and its smoke has reached all the way to New York City. Philip Duffy, President and Executive Director of Woodwell Climate Research Center, joined Cheddar news to discuss more on the state...

West Coast wildfire smoke making its way into Maryland skies Posted on NOTTINGHAM, MD—The skies in Maryland have become a bit more hazy in recent days. The National Weather Service says this is due to smoke from the U.S. wildfires, which is getting transported across the country via the jet stream. The massive Bootleg Fire in Oregon has scorched an area larger than Los Angeles, and is so large and is burning so hot that it’s creating its own weather, according to CNN. While mo...

Par © 2021 AFP Un feu de forêt en Colombie-Britannique, au Canada, le 2 juillet 2021 Photo - BC Wildfire Service/AFP - - Montréal - Des milliers de résidents fuient mercredi les flammes dans louest du Canada où quelques centaines de militaires vont être déployés pour combattre ces incendies particulièrement violents et précoces cette année. "Ma nouvelle maison, cest ma roulotte de vacances", raconte la responsable dun district de cette province de lOuest, Margo Wagner, elle-même é...

Extreme Weather Sweeps The World as Natural Disasters Unleash on Multiple Continents SINÉAD BAKER, BUSINESS INSIDER 22 JULY 2021 Extreme weather is striking all over the world, illustrating how vulnerable swathes of humanity are to natural disasters. Some events – like wildfires sweeping the western US – are seasonal, while others came as a total surprise.   China and Western Europe were both hit by devastating floods in the past week, with a death toll beyond 100. In wooded areas of C...

Firefighters make progress against big fires in US West The two largest fires were burning forests in northeastern California and southern Oregon, sending smoke across other states. Author: JOHN ANTCZAK and CHRISTOPHER WEBER (Associated Press) Published: 9:56 AM EDT July 12, 2021 Updated: 4:38 PM EDT July 12, 2021 LOS ANGELES — Dozens of wildfires burned across the torrid U.S. West on Monday but fire agencies reported some progress in corralling...