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Environment – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
- Schools cancel classes across parts of the South as another burst of winter storms move in January 9, 2025
- Officials say more than 10,000 structures have burned in the Los Angeles-area fires January 9, 2025
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- Fire hydrants ran dry in Southern California just when they were needed most January 9, 2025