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Code Yellow: Canadian wildfires creating hazy sky and impacting North Carolina air quality
Canadian wildfires burning in the provinces of Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia are bringing higher levels of particle pollution to the upper Midwest of the United States. The ...
WNC Nature Center marks 100 years with celebration, new mural
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The Western North Carolina Nature Center marked its 100th anniversary on Friday with a celebration ...
Gardeners flock to NC Arboretum for spring plant sale and market
The annual spring plant sale and market continues on Saturday, May 31 with more than 30 gardeners and businesses displaying ...
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New Jersey is getting warmer. For gardeners, farmers and nurseries, that means change
In 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture put out its first update since 2012 to the “Plant Hardiness Zone Map,” which ... Sow True Seed blog based in North Carolina. “ ...
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The hurricane dead zone: Map shows coastline that hurricanes can't seem to reach
The 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac Hurricane (six 1933 on the U.S. landfall map) is very similar to Hurricane Isabel in 2003, making landfall on the Outer Banks in North Carolina first before racing ...
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What are growing zones? What temperatures do Louisiana plants need to survive?
Growing zones ... 8b in North Louisiana to 10a at the state's southern-most tip, with majority of the state falling into either zones 8 and 9, according to USDA's Hardiness Zone Map.
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What plant zone is Wisconsin in? A look at the best flowers to plant in every part of the state
Here's which planting region Wisconsin falls in and how to look up the plant hardiness in your zip code. Trouble seeing the map? Click here to view the planting zones for the North Central U.S ...
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If you want to grow citrus trees, make sure to plant when the time is right for your location
To get started, take a look at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Plant Hardiness Zone Map and see where your ... summer heat and dry conditions. North of Lake Pontchartrain, in the River Parishes ...
The Washington Post7mon
FEMA maps missed parts of North Carolina devastated by Hurricane Helene, Post analysis shows
The Federal Emergency Management Agency did not designate this neighborhood a flood hazard zone ... areas of western North Carolina affected by flooding had FEMA flood maps that were 12 to ...
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Duke Energy map shows how badly some areas of North Carolina were hit by Helene
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. — On Tuesday, Duke Energy released a map of western North Carolina that shows just ... represent complex repair zones. These, according to Duke Energy, are places that ...
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Inside the North Carolina Mountain Town That Hurricane Helene Nearly Wiped off the Map
Inside the North Carolina Mountain Town That Hurricane Helene Nearly Wiped off the Map CHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE ... overnight and woke up in ... a combat zone,” Iraq War veteran Chris Canada ...
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Inside North Carolina town that Helene nearly wiped off map
A home is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Wednesday in Chimney Rock Village, N.C. AP Photo/Mike Stewart CHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE, N.C. (AP) — The stone tower that gave this place its name ...