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"Wind Forecasts Bring New Worries To California Fire Lines"

"Firefighters battling flames in Northern California forests girded Monday for new bouts of windy weather, and a utility warned thousands of customers it might cut their electricity to prevent new fires from igniting if gusts damage power lines."

Source: AP, 08/17/2021

100s Of Workers Died From Heat In Past Decade — And It's Getting Worse

"As the temperature in Grand Island, Neb., soared to 91 degrees that July day in 2018, two dozen farmworkers tunneled for nine hours into a thicket of cornstalks, snapping off tassels while they crossed a sunbaked field that spanned 206 acres — the equivalent of 156 football fields."

Source: NPR, 08/17/2021

Two Major Heat Waves Roast Lower 48; 175 Million Americans Under Alerts

"Punishing heat waves are roasting the Pacific Northwest and the central and eastern United States simultaneously, placing more than half of the Lower 48 states under alerts from the National Weather Service. Excessive-heat warnings or heat advisories are in place for nearly 175 million Americans, and some of these alerts will remain in effect until the weekend."

Source: Washington Post, 08/12/2021

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