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On December 15, 2021, the Midwestern U.S. state of Kansas was met with strong and damaging winds caused by the December 2021 Midwest derecho and tornado outbreak, which produced dust storms and multiple wildfires. An estimated 163,000 acres (66,000 ha) burned on the first day wildfires spawned due to dry fuel and strong wind gusts reaching up ...
Anderson Creek Fire: Kansas and Oklahoma: Largest wildfire in Kansas history. [63] [64] 2016: 1,466,990 acres (593,670 ha) Fort McMurray Wildfire: Alberta and Saskatchewan: Largest fire evacuation in Alberta history (88,000 on 3 May, a further 8,000 on 16 May). Over 2,400 homes and buildings destroyed. Costliest disaster in Canadian history ...
The 2021 wildfire season involves wildfires on multiple continents. Even at halfway through the calendar year, wildfire seasons were larger than in previous history, with increased extreme weather caused by climate change (such as droughts and heat waves ) strengthening the intensity and scale of fires.
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The climate summary for Kansas City shows that September was warmer and drier than usual, the weather service said on X, formerly Twitter. The average temperature was 70.2 degrees, which was 1.8 ...
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2021 Kansas wildfire outbreak; S. Snake River Complex Fire; T. 2021 Texas wildfires This page was last edited on 2 May 2023, at 09:03 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Numerous departments respond to the Tumbleweed Fire near Los Angeles in July 2021. Today, in the United States, it is not uncommon for suppression operations for a single wildfire to cost millions of dollars. Federal funding to manage wildfires comes from the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior. The combined annual appropriations ...