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After destroying dozens of structures and forcing 3,500 people to flee, a wildfire near Boulder doubled to more than 7,000 acres — with no rain in sight and a forecast for higher winds.

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Hurricane Earl picked up and threw a lot of exotic seabirds far from their normal habitats — and New England and Canadian birders have been out spotting them.

Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala — some of them rescuers who had come to save people already trapped by a wall of mud.

Las Vegas sixth-longest dry streak has ended - barely - at 137 days. Meteorologist Faith Borden says the 0.01 inch of rain that fell Tuesday at McCarran International Airport was the first time more than a trace was recorded at the official weather station since April 22.

Firefighters ramped up their fight Tuesday against a 3,500-acre wildfire that has forced about 3,000 people to evacuate and destroyed dozens of homes near Boulder, including some that belonged to firefighters.