Saturday, July 20, 2013

Daily News: Weather News Headlines - Thunderstorm threat a wildcard for Calif. wildfire

Saturday, Jul 20, 2013 11:44 AM PDT
Thunderstorm threat a wildcard for Calif. wildfire 
Saturday, Jul 20, 2013 11:44 AM PDT
 This image provided by NASA shows the agency's Terra spacecraft photo showing smoke from a wildfire near Idyllwild, Calif., right, and the Los Angeles area, left. The blaze in the San Jacinto Mountains has expanded to roughly 39 square miles and was 15 percent contained Friday July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA)IDYLLWILD, Calif. (AP) — The threat of weekend thunderstorms could bring much-needed moisture to a huge wildfire in the Southern California mountains near Palm Springs.
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More evacuate, weird weather fears at Calif. fire 
Friday, Jul 19, 2013 11:19 PM PDT
 In this photo made Wednesday, July 17, 2013, and released by the U.S. Forest Service, a DC-10 drops fire retardant along an edge of the Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet, Calif. The blaze about 100 miles east of Los Angeles had grown to more than 35 square miles in size and had destroyed at least six houses and mobile homes. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service)IDYLLWILD, Calif. (AP) — Residents of another 700 homes were advised to retreat to safety on Friday as crews fighting a wildfire in the mountains above Palm Springs grew increasingly concerned about the possibility of unstable weather and erratic winds that could last through the weekend.
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Thunderstorms could hamper efforts to subdue California wildfire 
Friday, Jul 19, 2013 04:01 PM PDT
 A plume of smoke rises into the night sky as a wildfire, or the so-called Mountain Fire, burns near IdyllwildBy Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Firefighters raced on Friday to buttress defensive lines against a fierce blaze roaring for a fifth day near the scenic mountain resort of Idyllwild in Southern California, as thunderstorms in the forecast threatened to hamper efforts to subdue the flames. The so-called Mountain Fire has already burned across more than 24,800 acres of dry brush and timber and forced the evacuation of Idyllwild after destroying seven nearby homes and other property in the rugged San Jacinto range, authorities said. ...
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Weather Blog: Relentless Heat 
Friday, Jul 19, 2013 03:36 PM PDT
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