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Panhandle Wildfires

Record winter heat, dry air helped drive Panhandle fire risk

Texas has a wildfire season in winter, but climate change is extending it, scientists say.

Smoke hangs in the Canadian River Valley south of Stinnett, Texas after multiple days of wild fires Friday, March. 1, 2024.


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