Hundreds of displaced pets find refuge after being displaced in the LA wildfires

Whimpers and whines can be heard long before the sad feline and canine faces are visible within one Los Angeles-area animal shelter that has been overflowing since the fires. Nearly 1,000 displaced and stray animals have come through the Pasadena Humane Society, just half a mile from a stadium housing people displaced by the fire. […]

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Woman recounts harrowing experience fleeing the Mountain Fire: ‘I fully panicked’

Friday marked the return home for some residents of Camarillo, California, after they were forced to flee when the explosive Mountain Fire tore through their community. The Mountain Fire, which started Wednesday morning, has ripped through 20,000 acres, destroyed at least 220 structures, prompted mass evacuations and left at least six people injured. The blaze […]

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St. Petersburg woman who lives across from Tropicana Field recounts Hurricane Milton: ‘It was horrifying’

As Hurricane Milton pummeled the St. Petersburg area, with winds strong enough to shred the roof of Tropicana Field, Kristy Austin said it sounded like a “freight train” was coming through her apartment building. “It sounded like the ocean was hitting our windows and the water was just pouring through,” Austin, who lives across the […]

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