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Latest news on California wildfires (local time):
12:45
The National Park Service reports that 13 of the mountain lions tracked in southern California were found following a devastating fire.
Last Friday, the only missing mountain lion was the one nicknamed P-74, a young male born last year.
In addition, the four lynxes that the agency monitors via GPS are located in the Santa Monica Mountains, northwest of Los Angeles.
The Woolsey Fire, with an area of 151 km2, charred a huge swampy national park that is home to big cats and is popular among hikers, bikers and riders.
The fire was under control at 88% Sunday and other evacuation orders were lifted.
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9:20
Authorities have again increased the number of homes and other structures burned by a huge forest fire in southern California.
The figure climbed Sunday to 1,130 destroyed buildings – including many houses – and 300 damaged. The countdown continues.
Firefighters are progressing against the blaze that broke out on November 8 and ravaged communities west of Los Angeles from Thousand Oaks to Malibu.
More and more evacuees were allowed to return home and the fire of 151 square miles (391 square kilometers) was controlled to 88%.
Three people died during the Woolsey fire, including two in a car and one in the rubble of a burnt home. Three firefighters were injured.
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8:20
The Governor of California expresses his optimism about President Donald Trump's willingness to support the state in its fight against forest fires.
Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown said in an interview with "Serve the Nation" aired Sunday on CBS channel that the Republican President "had our backs" and pledged to continue to help.
Trump first blamed state officials for their poor forest management by exacerbating fires and threatening to cut federal funds. He has since signed an emergency declaration and visited devastated areas Saturday with Brown and Governor-elect Gavin Newsom.
Brown also suggested in the CBS interview that the fires would encourage the most fervent climate change skeptics to be skeptical "in less than five years" and that people living near forests might need to build new buildings. underground shelters to protect them from forest fires.
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3:55 p.m.
Pope Francis prayed for the victims of the California wildfires and freezing weather on the east coast of the United States.
Addressing Sunday to tens of thousands of faithful on St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, including pilgrims from New York and New Jersey, Francis prayed that "the Lord welcomes the deceased in his peace, comforts members of his family and support all those involved in the rescue efforts. "
Francis said that he wanted to offer a "special prayer to all those who were affected by the fires ravaging California, and now also to the victims of the freeze on the east coast of the United States."
At least 76 people have died and hundreds have not been found in forest fires in California. In the eastern United States, at least seven deaths were attributed to an unusually early winter snowstorm last week.
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Crews in northern California battling the country's deadliest fire for a century were preparing for wind gusts of up to 50 miles at the time, which could reduce the gains that could be made. they did after a disaster that killed at least 76 people.
Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said Saturday that MPs had located hundreds of people, but nearly 1,300 people had still not been found.
He pointed out that the list included duplicate names and names of people who did not report their property. He implored the evacuees to check the list.
The camp fire has destroyed nearly 10,000 houses since its outbreak on November 8 and fired at a distance of 600 km 2. It is contained at 55%.
President Donald Trump on Saturday examined the damage caused by forest fires at both ends of the state and pledged the full support of the federal government. Three people died in forest fires in southern California.
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