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A Pacific Palisades reservoir was closed when wildfires swept through the area and devastated the community, officials told the Los Angeles Times. The Santa Ynez Reservoir is connected to the Los Angeles water supply system, and authorities said it was shut down for repairs at the time the fires erupted, “leaving a 117 million gallon water storage complex empty in the heart of the Palisades,” the newspaper reported on Friday. The news comes as people are questioning why firefighters ran out of water as they tried to save structures and communities from the blaze that has wreaked havoc across the...

DENVER (KDVR) — On Tuesday, visitors at Yellowstone National Park fled when a hydrothermal explosion occurred a few miles north of the famous Old Faithful geyser. No one was injured, but the event destroyed a nearby boardwalk and prompted officials to close the Biscuit Basin area of the park for the rest of the year. As alarming as the video and subsequent damage seemed, the phenomenon is a normal, common occurrence at Yellowstone, happening at least once each year. Officials with the U.S. Geological Survey told Nexstar hydrothermal explosions like the one that occurred this week are “not a sign...

And Now Mount #Merapi erupted in Indonesia today https://twitter.com/rose_k01/status/1243631026188017669

<p>Like armies in darkness, two rival fraternities gathered on opposite sides of a San Jose neighborhood park to await the midnight hour.</p> <p>On one side stood the brothers of Lambda Phi Epsilon, who fancied themselves the ``Death Rho Lambdas'' and whose Web site featured an electric chair and the slogan ``buckle up and enjoy the ride.''</p>