About 2.3m acres burnt in California while most of town of Malden, Washington, destroyed by fast-moving fire
10.08pm BST
Hey all, Vivian Ho taking over the liveblog for the afternoon. Here are some more eerie orange skies over California:
Related: California skies glow orange as wildfires continue – in pictures
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Hundreds of homes have been destroyed and thousands of people evacuated as fires raged across the Pacific Northwest this week, per the Associated Press.
Fueled by winds gusting up to 50 mph (80 kph), catastrophic wildfires blew Wednesday across a large swath of Washington state and Oregon that rarely experiences such intense fire activity because of the Pacific Northwest’s cool and wet climate. Oregon’s governor said hundreds of homes had been destroyed.
Continue reading…About 2.3m acres burnt in California while most of town of Malden, Washington, destroyed by fast-moving fire 10.08pm BSTHey all, Vivian Ho taking over the liveblog for the afternoon. Here are some more eerie orange skies over California: Related: California skies glow orange as wildfires continue – in pictures 9.49pm BSTHundreds of homes have been destroyed and thousands of people evacuated as fires raged across the Pacific Northwest this week, per the Associated Press.Fueled by winds gusting up to 50 mph (80 kph), catastrophic wildfires blew Wednesday across a large swath of Washington state and Oregon that rarely experiences such intense fire activity because of the Pacific Northwest’s cool and wet climate. Oregon’s governor said hundreds of homes had been destroyed. Continue reading…