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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How California can improve its fire warning system: Lessons from Australia

    A wind-driven brush fire sparked in Santa Barbara on Monday afternoon. Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate as the Cave Fire spreads. Fires are the norm in California now -- as well as Australia.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 26, 2019 • 1 min read

    A wind-driven brush fire sparked in Santa Barbara on Monday afternoon. Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate as the Cave Fire spreads. Fires are the norm in California now -- as well as Australia. But Australia has developed a warning system, one that California might want to emulate.

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    What California can learn from Australia’s fire warning system
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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    What California can learn from Australia’s fire warning system
    1. 0:00How California can improve its fire warning system: Lessons from AustraliaYou’re reading this
    2. 8:27Democrats don’t like Tulsi Gabbard, but the alt-right does
    3. 17:08‘The Devil Next Door’: Ford autoworker forced to stand trial for committing war crimes during the Holocaust
    4. 32:08Will new vaccine effectively save bees?
    5. 40:53Impending storm and new Uber rules at LAX: What’s a harried traveler to do?
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