severity
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Cal Fire announced in August it was awarding the city of Escondido nearly a quarter of a million dollars to distribute fire prevention mailers to 20,200 parcels in state-designated “High Fire Severity Zones.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2025
Wildfires: California recently released its latest Fire Hazard Severity Zone map, with Kern County having 641,441 acres ranked very high for wildfire risk, mostly in mountainous areas, The Bakersfield Californian reports.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency said that in the lower 48 states from 1895-2020, “the overall trend has been toward wetter conditions,” citing the Palmer Drought Severity Index.
From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2022
The estimates come from a nationally representative YouGov poll of 9,649 women, using a recognised scoring system - Problem Gambling Severity Index - to measure gambling harms.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2022
Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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