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Mexico’s national forest commission reported 168 active wildfires have burned over a quarter of a million acres. Southerly winds help to send smoke northward towards Texas and the Gulf Coast. South Padre Island, Texas had the poorest air quality in the nation on Friday as readings were considered to be in the ‘unhealthy’ range.
Renewed risk of severe weather, flooding covers threatens Southeast
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Dangerous, life-threatening flooding and severe storms unfold in East Texas, Louisiana
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