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"Calif. Wildfire Victims Now Bracing For Mudslides As Rains Set To Hit" [1]

"Victims of the Camp and Woolsey fires will see some relief but also face the threat that rainfall will bring down mud and rocks."

Disasters [2]
Public [3]
California [4]
Source: HuffPost [5], 11/21/2018
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Calif. Wildfire Air Pollution Exceeded World Health Standards By 60X [6]

"The level of air pollution in California exceeded world “safe” levels by about 60 times last week after a series of deadly wildfires."

Air [7]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [8]
Forests [9]
Pollution [10]
Public [3]
California [4]
Source: The Hill [11], 11/20/2018
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FERC Regulators Race Solar Eruption Threats To The Grid [12]

"Federal regulators have given U.S. grid companies until Jan. 1, 2028, to shield vulnerable high-voltage transformers from damaging electrical currents triggered by a massive solar eruption."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: EnergyWire [15], 11/20/2018
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"No Penalties For 90% Of Pipeline Blasts" [16]

Sue Bonham was ready to die. A ruptured high-pressure natural gas pipeline was firing a flame at her house like a blowtorch. She was crouching by a fence in a flower garden behind her home about 200 yards away, struggling to breathe the scalding air. Her thoughts turned to the things she'd miss — grandchildren, birthdays, weddings — but she had made her peace."

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Energy & Fuel [13]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: EnergyWire [18], 11/19/2018
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Over 600 Now Missing, 63 Dead in California's Deadliest Blaze [19]

"PARADISE, Calif. - A search for victims of a catastrophic blaze that reduced a northern California town to ashes intensified on Thursday, as authorities expanded to 630 the number of those reported missing in the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in state history."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [2]
People & Population [21]
Planning & Growth [22]
Pollution [10]
Public [3]
California [4]
Source: Reuters [23], 11/16/2018
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"Houston Skyscrapers May Have Worsened Hurricane Harvey Rain" [24]

"Humans helped make recent devastating U.S. hurricanes wetter but in different ways, two new studies find."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [2]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [26], 11/15/2018
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Camp Fire: Death Toll Rises To 56; 130 People Still Missing [27]

"Eight more bodies were recovered from the ashes of the catastrophic Camp Fire on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 56 — nearly twice as deadly as the next worst wildfire in California history."

Disasters [2]
Forests [9]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [21]
Public [3]
California [4]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle [28], 11/15/2018
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"Northern California Fire Death Toll Rises To 48" [29]

"The Camp Fire has claimed 48 lives and 8,800 structures in Northern California, officials said Tuesday."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [2]
Forests [9]
Public [3]
California [4]
Source: CNN [30], 11/14/2018
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"Teams Search For Bodies In California After Wildfire Claims 42 Lives" [31]

"Search teams will fan out across the charred landscape of Paradise, California looking for human remains on Tuesday as authorities prepare for a rise in the deathcount from the state’s deadliest wildfire."

Disasters [2]
Public [3]
California [4]
Source: Reuters [32], 11/13/2018
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Death Toll Jumps In Historic Calif. Wildfires As Governor Requests Aid [33]

"The death toll from wildfires ravaging both ends of California has risen to at least 31 after the remains of several more people were found Sunday."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [2]
Forests [9]
Public [3]
California [4]
Source: CBS News [34], 11/12/2018
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