Wildfires raging across several western states of the US have destroyed dozens of homes and scorched millions of acres of land, forcing thousands to flee their homes.
After having spread across one million acres in Idaho, Oregon and California, a wildfire reached the small Washington state community of Elmer City on Thursday.
Dozens of homes were destroyed as officials told more residents to evacuate parts of the northwestern US state.
There have not yet been any reported injuries.
Searing heat, dry weather, and strong winds are making the fires especially difficult to contain.
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The greedy, Lamborghini-driving scientists who concocted the Great Climate Change Hoax are still at it. Now, though, their conspiracy has come to your local produce aisle, America.
The lingering and pervasive drought that's taking its toll on farmers and ranchers across America's heartland now is expected to soon impact families across the country in the form of higher prices at the market.Meanwhile, the Mississippi River has dropped to a relative trickle, which means, among other things, more trucks on the highway and more gasoline to consume.
One study suggests a family of four will spend $600 more in 2013 to buy the same products they purchased last year.
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