• Texas Panhandle wildfire now the largest in state history

    Texas Panhandle wildfire now the largest in state history

    Feb 29, 2024 04:25 PM EDT

    ... of Canadian, but no buildings were lost inside the community. Kendall also said he saw “hundreds of cattle just dead, laying in the fields.” WATCH: Texas music teacher uses mariachi to help students connect with Mexican culture Tresea Rankin videotaped her own home in Canadian as it burned. “Thirty-eight ...

  • Texas panhandle wildfires force evacuations and brief shut down of nuclear facility

    Texas panhandle wildfires force evacuations and brief shut down of nuclear facility

    Feb 28, 2024 02:45 PM EDT

    ... in several towns in a swath northeast of Amarillo, and officials across the border in the area of Durham, Oklahoma, also encouraged people to flee. Texas state Sen. Kevin Sparks said an evacuation order was issued for Canadian, a town of about 2,000 about 100 miles (160 kilometers) from ...

  • AI and the energy required to power it fuel new climate concerns

    AI and the energy required to power it fuel new climate concerns

    Jul 04, 2024 10:25 PM EDT

    ... re building an enormous infrastructure for artificial intelligence that is extremely energy- and water-intensive, without looking at the very real downsides in terms of the climate impacts. Paul Solman: Like more brownouts in Texas, say, wildfires in California, stronger hurricanes in the Gulf, 126 degrees in Delhi this spring.

  • In surprise vote, Senate to overturn Biden environmental rule

    In surprise vote, Senate to overturn Biden environmental rule

    Aug 04, 2022 11:55 PM EDT

    ... the Natural Resources Defense Council, another environmental group, said Americans are “seeing the effects of climate change in catastrophic detail, from the heat waves in Texas to wildfires in New Mexico to the devastating flooding in Kentucky. But the Senate is voting to prevent the federal government from considering climate ...

  • Xcel Energy says its facilities appeared to have role in igniting largest wildfire in Texas history

    Xcel Energy says its facilities appeared to have role in igniting largest wildfire in Texas history

    Mar 07, 2024 05:08 PM EDT

    Power lines ignited massive wildfires across the Texas Panhandle that destroyed homes and killed thousands of livestock, officials said Thursday, including the largest blaze in state history that the utility provider Xcel Energy said its equipment appeared to have sparked. The Texas A&M Forest Service said its investigators have ...

  • Crews fighting largest wildfire in Texas history face challenging weather conditions

    Crews fighting largest wildfire in Texas history face challenging weather conditions

    Mar 02, 2024 10:55 PM EDT

    ... he was riding in struck a tanker truck as the two were heading to fight the fire near Gage. Both firefighters are expected to recover. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said individual ranchers could suffer devastating losses due to the fires, but predicted the overall impact on the Texas cattle ...

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    Britain, France, Italy Sending Military Advisers to Libya; Wildfires Hit Texas

    Apr 20, 2011 11:34 AM EDT

    ... a back-and-forth territory battle and a unabated siege on the city of Misrata, which has caused a humanitarian crisis for its civilian population. Wildfires in Texas Destroy 170 Homes All across Texas, firefighters are battling wildfires that have destroyed more than a million acres and 170 homes over ...

  • Texas farmers and ranchers see long road of recovery ahead after devastating wildfires

    Texas farmers and ranchers see long road of recovery ahead after devastating wildfires

    Mar 11, 2024 10:40 PM EDT

    The Smokehouse Creek wildfire has burned more than a million acres in Texas since it began on February 26. As firefighters continue to battle the blazes, Stephanie Sy has a look at the long road of recovery ahead for farmers and ranchers in the Panhandle. ... Geoff Bennett: Wildfires in Texas ...

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    Wildfires Where You Live: Share Your Photos and Stories

    Jun 20, 2012 08:52 PM EDT

    ... and their natural boundaries will shift as climate change continues. These blazes leave affected communities reeling, even a year later. Last summer the most destructive wildfire in Texas history raged through Bastrop County Complex, destroying 1,691 homes and killing two people. Our Student Reporting Labs site in Austin has ...

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    How 2011 Became a 'Mind-Boggling' Year of Extreme Weather

    Dec 28, 2011 11:29 PM EDT

    ... that rain. Texas suffered through its worst one-year drought, as losses reached $10 billion in crops, livestock and timber. The tinder-dry conditions in Texas also fueled wildfires that burned a million acres. The Bastrop fire over Labor Day weekend was the state's most destructive on record. Overall ...