Monday, September 18, 2006

weather.com - Blog: The Weather Channel on weather news, hurricanes, tornadoes & meteorology

weather.com - Blog: The Weather Channel on weather news, hurricanes, tornadoes & meteorology: "The United States had a record year in 2005 for acres burned by wildfires, with more than 8.6 million acres scorched. Records have been kept since 1960.

2006 is on a pace to break that record, with more than 8.2 million acres burned as of this writing. The pace is 71% above the 10-year average for this time in the year."

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