Wildfires rage in California, more winds expected
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Wildfires burned unchecked on Tuesday in Southern California, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to evacuate, at least 700 homes destroyed, and little hope for relief from the hot desert winds fanning the flames.
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Wildfires burned unchecked on Tuesday in Southern California from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to evacuate, at least 700 homes destroyed, and little hope for relief from the hot desert winds fanning the flames.
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SAN FRANCISCO Sept. 5, 2004 - Hot dry winds hampered the efforts of firefighters battling a 9,200-acre wildfire in California wine country on Sunday, and promised no respite for the next two days.
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Nearly a dozen wildfires driven by powerful Santa Ana winds spread across Southern California on Sunday, killing one person near San Diego and destroying several homes and a church in celebrity-laden Malibu.
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Fast-moving wildfires raged across Southern California on Monday, forcing at least 250,000 people to flee their homes and destroying hundreds of buildings as desperate fire officials called for help from other states.
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Some relief is expected later today in the gale force winds propelling the wildfires across Southern California, destroying almost 1,300 homes.
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Wildfires blown by fierce desert winds Monday reduced scores of Southern California homes to ashes, forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee and laid a hellish, spidery pattern of luminous orange over the drought-stricken region.
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A lull in strong winds fanning one of the largest wildfires in California history helped firefighters as they battled to bring the blaze under control, state officials said.
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Faced with unrelenting winds whipping wildfires into a frenzy across Southern California, firefighters conceded defeat on many fronts Tuesday to an unstoppable force that has chased an estimated 1 million people away.
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Firefighters tackling a massive blaze in northern California were nervously bracing for a backlash from the weather on Wednesday, with forecasted gusty winds threatening to spread the inferno.
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Wildfires driven by high winds and dry conditions raged across Southern California today, scorching thousands of acres and forcing 250,000 people in San Diego County to flee their homes.
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Towering wildfires burned out of control across Southern California for a third day on Tuesday as 500,000 people fled the San Diego area, and firefighters made a desperate stand to save a mountain town ringed by flames.
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Huge wildfires, such as the ones that have charred more than 460,000 acres this week in Southern California, are becoming more common in the Western United States, and scientists say warming trends and other climate factors may be responsible.
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Howling winds, pelting rain and heavy snow pummeled California on Friday, toppling trees, flipping big rigs, cutting power to more than a million people and threatening mudslides in fire-scarred areas.
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Wildfires fed by gale-force winds ravaged Southern California, destroying hundreds of buildings and charring 267,000 acres.
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Wildfires blown by fierce desert winds Monday reduced hundreds of Southern California homes to ashes, forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee and laid a hellish, spidery pattern of luminous orange over the drought-stricken region
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Hundreds of thousands of people fled as out-of-control wind-whipped wildfires raged across California on Monday, threatening homes and stretching emergency services to breaking point.