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Wildfires sweep across the southwest amid historic drought conditions

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Lightning strikes and already-dry conditions are keeping firefighters busy fighting more than a dozen blazes Wildfires raced across a dry and windy south-west on Friday, destroying dozens of homes and depositing a smoky haze over the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Fueled by historic drought conditions, the wildfire season opened…

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Southern states break U.S. heat record

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WASHINGTON — The southern United States in July endured the hottest single month ever recorded in any climate region nationwide, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday. The federal body’s southern region — Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas — saw average temperatures of 86.1 degrees Fahrenheit (30…

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