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Catastrophes in California
Earthquake in Southern California
7/29/08 3:00 PM CDT
At 11:42 AM Pacific Time July 29, 2008, a magnitude 5.4 earthquake rattled the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Experts in earthquake studies called this a small to moderate quake. Minimal damage has been reported in the area.
Wildfires out of control in Southern California
7/27/2008 11:00 AM CDT
The Telegraph Wildfire in Mariposa County, California are threatening several communities in California. Some residences and out-buildings have already succumbed to the flames, and more are expected. An Allstate Mobile Response Unit has been deployed to Mariposa, CA.  The National Catastrophe Team is closely monitoring this situation.
Another blaze out of control in California
7/9/08 10:00 AM CDT
The National Catastrophe Team (NCT) has been monitoring and responding to the fire situation in Butte County, California, known as the CAMP fire.  This fire has burned thousands of acres in Butte County and has forced thousands to evacuate their homes in several California communities. This is still a very active fire and as wildfires go it is also very unpredictable.  Allstate Mobile Response Units have been deployed to assist customers.
National Catastrophe Team responding to California blaze
07/08/08 10:00 AM CDT
The National Catastrophe Team (NCT) has been monitoring and responding to the fire situation in Santa Barbara County, California known as the GAP Fire. The GAP Fire has burned thousands of acres in Santa Barbara County and encroached to the perimeter of Goleta, California before firefighters were able to contain the fires along those lines. The GAP Fire is currently 35% contained in its entirety, but is moving away from more highly concentrated residential areas to more rural areas.
Raging fires continue to spread across California
06/24/08 5:00 AM CDT
The Indian Fire, which is one of the bigger blazes near Monterey, located in Monterey County, has burned over 57,000 acres and is 66 percent contained.  South of San Francisco, the Tabing fire that started Friday in Santa Cruz County and destroyed homes, was contained on Sunday. Evacuation orders were lifted Saturday, a day after roughly 2,000 people fled their homes. This fire started near Watsonville and burned an estimated 630 acres.  It was the third major blaze to hit Santa Cruz County in the past month. The NCT has declared a catastrophe in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties and will continue to monitor damages resulting from other fires in California.
Wildfire scorches Northern California
06/11/08 9:00 PM CST  
High winds across Northern California fanned a wildfire June 10, 2008 in the Stockton neighborhood of Quail Lake , located 50 miles south of Sacramento . This fire damaged several condominiums, some other structures, a few single family homes and it scorched a dozen or so other homes.
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