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One particular area of focus is wildland fires. A national assessment of wildfire risk in the United States based on GACG identified regions (with the slight modification of combining Southern and Northern California, and the West and East Basin); indicate that California (50.22% risk) and the Southern Area (15.53% risk) are the geographic ...
2000 forest fires were the worst forest fires to date and included the island of Samos in east Aegean and at Mount Mainalon and eastern Corinthia in the Peloponnese. The burnt area was 167,000 hectares which is the second highest in recent history (after the 2007 fires). [12] 2007 Greek forest fires were by far the worst fires in recent Greek ...
In 2016, area code 614 was overlaid with 380 in the Columbus/Central Ohio area for the same reason. In 2020, 326 was added as an all services overlay for 937. Area code 283 was added as an overlay for 513 on April 28, 2023. [2] [3] Area code 436 went into service on March 1, 2024, as an overlay of 440. [4]
The Ohio fire marshal has issued a regional ban on open burning in 24 counties because of drought conditions. ... and wind are increasing the risk of wildland fires in Ohio.” ...
"A Red Flag Warning is in effect for the fire area with wind gusts forecast up to 35 mph." ... In October, the state's Department of Fire Service recorded 200 wildland fires, a 1,200% increase ...
The Tenaja fire in the Lake Elsinore area was stopped at about 100 acres after forcing evacuations near the Tenaja Truck Trail. It is 25% contained. ... 5,435 wildland fires had burned 830,461 ...
A series of fires across the state, the most severe of which was the Port Huron fire. The combined Michigan fires killed over 200 people and burned about 1.2 million acres. Occurred on the same day as the Great Chicago Fire and the Peshtigo Fire. The Great Michigan Fire: 8 October 1871 Wisconsin 1,500–2,500/? Deadliest wildfire in world history.
In New Jersey, 1,500 wildfires damage or destroy 7,000 acres of forests annually, according to the state's forest fire service. State officials say that while the high season is in the spring ...