In the News: California Fire Roars

CNN: Two fires roar across California national forest

BIG SUR, California (AP) -- Weary firefighters got no rest during the holiday weekend as a pair of out-of-control wildfires roared across the landscape along California's central coast at opposite ends of the arid Los Padres National Forest. Read on...

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Only one word today:
Arid - excessively dry