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Transportation officials closed Highway 89 in both directions north of Flagstaff Thursday because of flooding from heavy monsoon rain.
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Prescott National Forest officials will lift all fire restrictions Friday at 8 a.m. because of increased monsoon moisture.
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Environmental groups have been arguing in California courts that developers are not fully considering the risks of wildfire and choked evacuation routes when they plan their housing developments near fire-prone areas.
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Coconino National Forest officials say crews are trying to contain a 70-plus acre wildfire north of the Beaver Creek Wilderness.
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Coconino National Forest officials say more than 80% of the Haywire Fire northeast of Flagstaff burned at a low soil severity with only about 1% burning at a high severity.
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Officials at Grand Canyon National Park have lifted heightened stage 2 fire restrictions as monsoon rains have lowered fire danger in the region, but will limit fires to established campgrounds.
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Fire restrictions have lifted on the Coconino National Forest, and several areas that were closed due to extreme wildfire risk are now open to the public again. The lessening fire risk is due to the arrival of the monsoon season, on the heels of several disastrous wildfires that destroyed homes and displaced families. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny spoke with Coconino National Forest fire staff officer James Pettit about the decision-making process used to determine if the forest should be shut down.
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U.S. President Joe Biden is authorizing an increase in federal funding for debris removal and other emergency measures being taken as a result of the historic start to the wildfire season in New Mexico.
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Fire restrictions in many areas of northern Arizona were lifted Tuesday following the recent monsoon moisture. The Coconino and Kaibab national forests are again allowing campfires and other activities that had been banned since early May following the Tunnel Fire.
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A burned area emergency response team has finished assessing damage to soils from the Pipeline Fire. They found that more than half of the 26,500-acre blaze burned at a low severity for soils, but that some more heavily impacted areas pose increased dangers.