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'It's just not good.' Experts describe the dire situation in Texas as they battle record-breaking temperatures and raging fires
In parts of Texas, smoke fills the sky.
www.cnn.com
“You know, it’s just not good. It’s not good out here,” said Ferguson. “Both for the fire danger and for agricultural concerns.”
The heat has only added to a host of problems. The region is in extreme drought.
The entire Texas Panhandle is currently in the highest two categories of drought, which has gone hand in hand with their wildfire problems.
“You know that the odds are that a grass fire is going to run through open country here. But they can threaten towns,” said Ferguson. “I know we had the town of Skellytown that was threatened by a fire earlier this year.”
The fire burned nearly 24,000 acres and destroyed several homes.
Just in the last few weeks, towns have been evacuated due to a fire risk in the area.
And as we’ve seen time and time again, these fires can travel so quickly, burn ferociously, and people have very little warning.
The Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire in New Mexico was threatening 15,000 homes last week, forcing evacuations as well.
It’s grown to be New Mexico’s second-largest wildfire in history.
With very low humidity levels during the last few weeks across the Southwest, lack of rainfall, and winds topping 50 mph, fires have been raging.
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Three new large fires were reported over the weekend, two in Arizona and one in Texas.
Currently, 12 uncontained large fires have burned 322,309 acres in four states, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
The dangerous heat will only make the brush drier and more susceptible to fires.
The Climate Prediction Center recently released their summer climate outlook, and it doesn’t bring good news for much of the Southwest – or the entire country for that matter.
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As I recall, Oregon, Nevada, California, New Mexico, and now Texas, have all been on fire. But it's not climate change.