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Santa Ana Winds Fuel Devastating California Wildfires

Wildfires fueled by Santa Ana winds have caused at least two deaths, forced thousands of evacuations in Los Angeles County, California, and are expected to worsen due to sustained high winds.

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D.C. Winter Storm Exposes Growing Homelessness Crisis

A recent winter storm in Washington, D.C., brought temperatures down to 10 degrees Fahrenheit, impacting the city's over 5,600 homeless residents, many of whom sought refuge in shelters such as the Central Union Mission; nationwide, homelessness increased by 18% last year.

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Southern California Under Red Flag Warning Due to Life-Threatening Windstorm

A "life-threatening" windstorm has caused a rare red flag warning in Los Angeles and Ventura counties due to 80mph wind gusts, single-digit humidity, and the driest start to December since 1964, resulting in major brush fires and a smoke advisory.

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Santa Ana Winds Fuel Devastating California Wildfires

Unusually strong Santa Ana winds, approaching hurricane strength, combined with an exceptionally dry winter, fueled wildfires burning approximately 29,000 acres in Southern California, starting Tuesday in the Palisades and Eaton areas and spreading to three other locations on Wednesday, causing sign...

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Polar Vortex Causes Widespread Eastern US Winter Storm Disruption

A powerful polar vortex caused a major winter storm across the eastern U.S., resulting in hundreds of car accidents, thousands of flight cancellations, widespread power outages affecting 200,000 in Virginia where a boil water advisory was issued, and the closure of government buildings.

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Pacific Palisades Wildfire Forces Evacuations, Highlights Evacuation Challenges

A wildfire in Pacific Palisades, California, on New Year's Eve forced evacuations, with residents reporting traffic jams and people abandoning their vehicles due to the single road out, highlighting challenges in wildfire evacuations in the area.

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Hurricane-Strength Santa Ana Winds Fuel Devastating Los Angeles Wildfires"

Hurricane-strength Santa Ana winds are fueling intense wildfires in Los Angeles suburbs, killing at least two people, burning over 20,000 acres, and prompting nearly 70,000 mandatory evacuations and 58,000 more on standby as of Wednesday.

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Southern California Wildfires: Extreme Winds and Drought Cause Devastating Damage

Devastating wildfires in Southern California, fueled by a perfect storm of extreme Santa Ana winds, low humidity, and an exceptionally dry landscape, have resulted in at least two deaths, thousands of acres burned, and over 30,000 evacuations, impacting even affluent areas like the Pacific Palisades...

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Major Winter Storm Impacts Southern US

A major winter storm is hitting the Southern Plains and South, bringing snow, freezing rain, and rain, causing school closures in Texas and Arkansas, and threatening major disruptions across a nearly 1,400-mile section.

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Valencia Storm Underscores €22 Billion Economic Cost of Climate Change

A devastating storm in Valencia, Spain on October 29, 2023, caused €22 billion in economic damage, highlighting the immediate financial consequences of climate change and emphasizing the need to integrate the social cost of carbon into decision-making.

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Major Winter Storm Threatens Southern US, Wildfires Rage in California

A major winter storm is expected to hit the southern US, bringing heavy snow and freezing rain to Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas starting Wednesday, following a deadly weekend storm that caused at least four deaths and dozens of injuries across the Midwest and South. Meanwhile, strong Santa Ana winds...

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Climate Change Exacerbates Devastating California Wildfires

Southern California is battling intense wildfires exacerbated by a combination of strong Santa Ana winds, unusually high temperatures for winter, and an extended drought; climate change is a contributing factor, although direct causality remains difficult to confirm.

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