Fire evacuees return home near Yosemite National Park
More than 400 residents forced from their homes returned to Greeley Hills California as cooler weather and lighter winds helped firefighters contain an 11,500 acre blaze believed started intentionally. Eight people were injured and four homes destroyed while 3,000 structures were at risk during the height of the fire. containment reached 85 percent and crews from outside the area were being sent home. The broader West faced 28 major fires burning about 295,683 acres with rain aiding efforts in Oregon Washington and nearby regions while Montana and Wyoming watched wind and evacuation threats near Yellowstone and Glacier parks.
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Greeley Hills
Calif
Yosemite National Park
Denise Perryman
Kathleen Love
Yosemite
California
Oregon
Washington
Davida Canahan
National Interagency
Cen
Ter
Boise
Idaho
Rhode Island
Canahan
Montana
Yellowstone National Park
Emigrant
Glacier National Park
Storm Dean weakens in Caribbean path shifts
Tropical Storm Dean lost steam in the Caribbean after drenching Puerto Rico and triggering widespread outages. Forecasters downgraded it to a tropical wave, while Chantal weakened and Dean’s remnants moved west-northwest, evacuees increased power and water shortages persisted across the region.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Dean
Caribbean
Michael Tichacek
U.S National Hurricane Center
Miami
Chantal
Kurt Iverson
American Eagle
Trinidad
Yucatan Peninsula
Grand Turk
Turks and Caicos
Ileana Rivera
Puerto Rican Emergency Management Agency
Naguabo
Victor Manuel Vazquez
Vieques
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