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September 10, 2024

Tens of Thousands Ordered to Evacuate as Wildfires Rage Across Western States
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Authorities in California and Nevada have issued mandatory evacuation
orders for tens of thousands of people as an intense heat wave grips
large swaths of the Southwest. Fast-moving wildfires are burning south
of Reno in Nevada and in California's San Bernardino County, Orange
County, at the foothills of L.A.'s Angeles National Forest, as well as
in Northern California's Lake County. UCLA climate scientist Daniel
Swain said "extreme fire behavior" has also been observed in Oregon,
Idaho and Wyoming.


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