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Emergency and disaster management briefing for June 17, 2016: The 2016 U.S. wildfire season begins with a vengeance, New Mexico declares a state of emergency due to a wildfire, California officials warn that the 2016 wildfire season could be the worst ever, fires cause evacuations in AZ and CA, a study finds that more than 9 of 10 wildfires are human-caused, and searchers find EgyptAir Flight 804’s cockpit voice recorder and black box.

  1. The 2016 wildfire season has [link url=”https://amuedge.com/wildfire-season-begins-with-a-vengeance/” title=”begun with a vengeance.“] So far this year, more than 1.8 million acres have already burned, and summer heat is set to scorch the West. High temperatures are likely to break records and further dry out an already parched region. Scientists believe that climate change [link url=”https://amuedge.com/wildfire-season-begins-with-a-vengeance/” title=”continues to impact weather patterns,“] which is [link url=”https://amuedge.com/study-climate-change-is-affecting-distribution-of-global-water-resources/” title=”altering precipitation across the globe,“], and exacerbating drought conditions. This recipe is leading to [link url=”https://amuedge.com/wildfire-season-begins-with-a-vengeance/” title=”increased wildfire risk.“]
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  3. New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez [link url=”http://www.koat.com/news/crews-respond-to-east-mountain-fire/40050956″ title=”declared a state of emergency“] after a wildfire approximately 6 miles northwest of Tajique quickly doubled in size, and [link url=”http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4784/” title=”grew to more than 16,000 acres.“] The National Guard [link url=”http://www.koat.com/news/crews-respond-to-east-mountain-fire/40050956″ title=”has been activated“] to fight the fire. [link url=”http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4784/” title=”Mandatory evacuations“] have been announced, as hot, dry weather is expected through the weekend.
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  5. California fire officials have recently [link url=”https://amuedge.com/california-wildfires-could-be-worst-of-all-time-in-2016/” title=”warned of dangerous fire season to come.“] Persistent drought, dead trees and even El Nino are all contributing the increased fire risk in the state. Rain fueled by El Nino early in the year allowed for a lot of vegetation growth in parts of the state, and that growth could dry out and then [link url=”https://amuedge.com/california-wildfires-could-be-worst-of-all-time-in-2016/” title=”end up driving fires“] later in the summer months when wildfire season is in full force.
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  7. Along with the quickly growing wildfire in New Mexico, other sizeable blazes are currently burning in the Southwest and Southern California. [link url=”http://abcnews.go.com/US/hundreds-evacuate-thousands-acres-burn-western-states/story?id=39924591″ title=”In Arizona,“] a fire in east-central Arizona grew to more than 5,500 acres; evacuations have already begun in a small community and thousands more have been told to prepare to evacuate. [link url=”http://abcnews.go.com/US/hundreds-evacuate-thousands-acres-burn-western-states/story?id=39924591″ title=”In California,“] approximately 140 homes and ranches were potentially at risk as a brush fire in Santa Barbara County grew to more than 1,400 acres. Hundreds have already evacuated.
  8. A recent study examined wildfires in California in search of key drivers and discovered that the vast majority of wildfires in the state are [link url=”https://amuedge.com/california-wildfires-could-be-worst-of-all-time-in-2016/” title=”caused by human activity.“] Researchers from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., the University of California Berkeley, and other institutions contributed to the study, which concluded that [link url=”https://amuedge.com/california-wildfires-could-be-worst-of-all-time-in-2016/” title=”95 percent of California wildfires“] are caused by human actions, and that even low levels of human activity in a specific region can have a measurable effect on the occurrence of fires in the region.
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  10. Egyptian investigators found the [link url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36551464″ title=”cockpit voice recorder from the EgyptAir Flight 804,“] which crashed into the Mediterranean last month. Searchers found the black box but it was very badly damaged. Despite the damages, though, investigators said that the [link url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36551464″ title=”memory unit of the black box was still intact,“] which greatly increases the chances that investigators will be able to discern useful information from it to help explain the crash.
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  12. A member of the British Parliament [link url=”https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/british-member-of-parliament-reported-to-have-been-shot/2016/06/16/a9b988de-33c4-11e6-ab9d-1da2b0f24f93_story.html” title=”was shot and stabbed to death Thursday“] in an attack that has many confused and mourning. Jo Cox, a 41-year-old member of the center-left Labour Party, was brutally attacked and pronounced dead just an hour later. Police said that a [link url=”https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/british-member-of-parliament-reported-to-have-been-shot/2016/06/16/a9b988de-33c4-11e6-ab9d-1da2b0f24f93_story.html” title=”52-year-old man taken into custody“] is the only suspect, and it was later reported that the suspect [link url=”https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/suspected-killer-of-british-lawmaker-jo-cox-ties-neo-nazi-ties-group-says/2016/06/17/2067ea0a-33ef-11e6-ab9d-1da2b0f24f93_story.html” title=”may have ties to a neo-Nazi organization“].
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  14. Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen reportedly attempted to buy body armor and bulk ammunition from a gun store about five weeks prior to the mass shooting but [link url=”http://abcnews.go.com/US/orlando-shooter-turned-gun-store-suspicious/story?id=39901107″ title=”the gun store turned him away.“] The gun store then [link url=”http://abcnews.go.com/US/orlando-shooter-turned-gun-store-suspicious/story?id=39901107″ title=”alerted the FBI“] about the man and his suspicious behavior. The gun store didn’t have the man’s name, as no sale was made, and surveillance footage was very low quality.
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  16. California Governor Jerry Brown said this week that [link url=”http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/06/15/61703/governor-will-not-declare-homeless-crisis-an-emerg/” title=”he will not declare a state of emergency“] on California’s homeless crisis. Brown’s denial came after Los Angeles County supervisors voted unanimously this week to [link url=”http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-homeless-emergency-20160614-snap-story.html” title=”call for a state declaration of emergency“] in an effort to deal with California’s growing homelessness crisis. Brown’s camp said that [link url=”http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/06/15/61703/governor-will-not-declare-homeless-crisis-an-emerg/” title=”a gubernatorial declaration is not appropriate“] and said that the state will continue to support local governments in their battles against homelessness despite denying the request for an emergency declaration.
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  18. Facebook first launched [link url=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/25/facebook-suicide-prevention_n_6754106.html” title=”suicide prevention tools to some U.S. users“] in early 2015. Facebook recently updated the tools and has now [link url=”https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/14/facebook-suicide-prevention/” “title=opened up the tools for worldwide use.”] The tools allow friends to report someone who is acting suicidal or making comments about self-harm. Facebook can then take steps to reach out to the distressed user and offer him or her ways to find help.

The FBI says that Orlando shooting suspect Omar Mateen was on a terror watch list in 2013 but was taken off in 2014, Florida requests a federal emergency declaration to deal with the mass shooting, a new bill looks to slash FEMA’s pre-disaster mitigation funds, a man pledging allegiance to the Islamic State stabs a French policeman to death, and investigators continue searching for EgyptAir Flight 804’s missing black boxes.