2005 - FEMA

over much of the western US (AK, AZ, CA, ID, UT, MT, NV, OR, WA) resulting in numerous wildfires; with national acreage burned exceeding 8.9 million acres (mainly in the west) and over 3,000 homes and structures destroyed in southern California alone. Well over $1.0 billion in damages/costs; at least 12 deaths. (NCDC, July 2008 Update) ................
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