Homeowner sues Xcel Energy for its role in on going Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas for negligently failing to properly repair and inspect its power line poles, leading to the fire. “Xcel will pay for every dollar that its wildfire has caused."
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/04/us/power-pole-smokehouse-creek-fire-lawsuit/index.html
Wildfires may have destroyed as many as 500 structures in the Texas Panhandle, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday, describing how the largest blaze in state history scorched everything in its path, leaving ashes in its wake.
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#Texas Panhandle #wildfires: #SmokehouseCreekFire has burned more than 1 million acres, making it the largest in state history
At least one person is dead as a result of the fires that have swept across northern Texas.
by Chanelle Chandler
Updated Thu, February 29, 2024
"A massive wildfire burning across the #TexasPanhandle has scorched more than 1 million acres, making it the largest recorded blaze in state history, officials there say.
The Smokehouse Creek Fire is one of five active wildfires burning in the northern part of the state, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. The blazes have caused thousands of evacuations and #PowerOutages and left at least one person dead."
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USA [and the world] is littered with #Nuclear sites that could face danger from #NaturalDisasters
Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY
Updated Thu, February 29, 2024 at 8:24 AM
#ClimateChange is fueling disasters, increasing concerns
"Experts say the #TexasWildfires highlighted the dangers natural disasters could pose to America's widespread #NuclearWeapons and energy networks. Eleven states are home to nuclear weapons, 28 to #NuclearPowerPlants and spent #NuclearFuel storage.
"In Texas, the fire's flames were spread by strong winds, dry conditions and unseasonably high temperatures, which broke records across the country — just the kind of conditions that experts have long warned are more likely as Earth warms.
"'We need more attention on the nexus of climate and nuclear,' said Kwong.
"Climate change effects have already caused nuclear concerns around the world: 'Places like #NorthKorea and #Pakistan are already facing these threats,' said Kwong.
"North Korea has experienced increases in #typhoons, #droughts and #flooding, according to the Royal United Services Institute, a United Kingdom-based defense think tank.
"In 2022, massive flooding covered more than one-third of the nation of Pakistan, affecting more than 33 million people."
Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/usa-littered-nuclear-sites-could-231557034.html
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A cluster of wildfires is scorching the Texas Panhandle. One of the blazes has grown into one of the largest in state history. An 83-year-old grandmother from the tiny town of Stinnett was the lone confirmed fatality Wednesday. Flames have blackened the landscape across a vast stretch of small towns and cattle ranches. Authorities warn that the damage to communities on the high plains could be extensive. The largest fire has expanded to nearly 1,300 square miles. It has jumped into parts of neighboring Oklahoma. Texas A&M Forest Service says the flames are only about 3% contained.
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