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Watch: Firefighters Rescue Burned Barn Owl from Massive California Wildfire

News Desk — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:55:48 +0000

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. (KTLA) — A barn owl is on the road to recovery Wednesday after being singed by flames from the massive Silverado Fire in Orange County, California. The large bird was rescued by an Orange County Fire Authority firefighting crew Tuesday evening, according to the OCFA. “He’s safe and sound,” the agency said […]

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Air quality readings more than double ‘very unhealthy’ range in parts of California, Oregon

News Desk — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 22:16:40 +0000

Air quality readings were literally off the charts in parts of Oregon and California Wednesday as the latest fires rage across the west. The Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Quality Index – or AQI – measures air pollution on a scale of one to 500, with lower numbers indicating healthier air. A reading over 200 is […]

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California Wildfires Cause a Smoky Iowa Sky

News Desk — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 22:08:03 +0000

Wildfires across the state of California have scorched nearly 1 million acres of land sending smoke billowing into the atmosphere. As the smoke rises it starts to move with the upper level pattern. In this week’s case that pattern is what links Iowa to California. More than 30-thousand feet off the surface of the earth, […]

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