Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Wildfires Claim more than 1,000 Homes So Far

A thousand burned homes -- and counting. That's the total so far as at least 57 wildfires rage across rain-starved Texas. Most of the devastation in that monster blaze close to Austin that's still raging out of control. Governor Rick Perry now says more than 100,000 acres have burned. The fires whipped by wind pushed along by Tropical Storm Lee in the Gulf of Mexico, although calmer winds are expected by this evening.

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