nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2|||Haze Spreads Across U.S. As Wildfires Continue To Tear Through The West||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Scientists have linked an increasing prevalence and intensity of wildfires to climate change, and residents of Western states are grappling with the dread that severe fire seasons are the new normal.

Shayanne Summers holds her dog Toph while wrapped in a blanket after several days of staying in a tent at an evacuation center at the Milwaukie-Portland Elks Lodge, Sunday in Oak Grove, Ore. “It’s nice enough here you could almost think of this as camping and forget everything else, almost,” said Summers about staying at the center after evacuating from near Molalla, Ore.

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Haze Spreads Across U.S. As Wildfires Continue To Tear Through The West

Scientists have linked an increasing prevalence and intensity of wildfires to climate change, and residents of Western states are grappling with the dread that severe fire seasons are the new normal.