Thankfully not record breaking or of biblical warning proportions but it has not been a great week for the US as far as fires, floods and tornadoes...
A three-week-old fire in southern Georgia had become that state's biggest in five decades after charring 167 square miles of forest and swamp.Smoke-filled air created a burning smell and a dusting of ashes that coated cars and buildings through much of Florida and southeastern Georgia. The haze over most of Florida even closed several highways and sent people with breathing problems indoors.
The flooding was produced by the drenching weekend thunderstorms across the Plains states that also devastated Greensburg, Kan. In addition to 11 tornado deaths, two drowning deaths were blamed on the storms, one each in Oklahoma and Kansas.
High water had poured over the tops of at least 20 levees along the Missouri River and other streams in the state, authorities said Wednesday.
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