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California, Aug 24 (EFE/EPA).-The impact from a weather system that threatened to bring dangerous lightning to fire-ravaged Northern California turned out to be much smaller than expected, authorities said Monday.Cal Fire, the state agency that oversees firefighting efforts, had feared a repeat of the wave of thunderstorms accompanied by nearly 11,000 lightning strikes that ignited more than 360 blazes during the weekend of Aug. 15-16.(Camera: PETER DA SILVA)FOOTAGE SHOWS THE EFFECTS OF THE WILD FIRES IN CALIFORNIA, US.
San Francisco, Aug 24 (EFE).- The impact from a weather system that threatened to bring dangerous lightning to fire-ravaged Northern California turned out to be much smaller than expected, authorities said Monday.
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