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About 2,000 Magellanic penguins are found dead along Uruguay's eastern coast, with their cause of death remaining undetermined, although the environment ministry has ruled out avian influenza. Advocates point to overfishing and a recent subtropical cyclone as potential factors, while additional marine wildlife deaths, including sea turtles and sea lions, are also reported in the region.
2023-07-22

More than two million people are under red flag warnings in the United States as wildfires continue to spread in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska.
2022-08-1

The Bootleg Fire in Oregon, United States, grows to 400,000 acres.
2021-07-21

Oregon reports 550 new infections in the last 24 hours, a new record high since the pandemic began. 135 of them were from Multnomah County.
2020-10-23

The death toll from the wildfires reaches 33 in California, Oregon, and Washington after nearly a dozen people reported missing in southern Oregon are accounted for, authorities say.
2020-09-13

A right-wing Patriot Prayer rally in Portland, Oregon turns violent, with clashes reported between the group and the left-wing group Antifa. The Portland Police Bureau reports that four arrests were made for outstanding warrants, and that Patriot Prayer's permit to march was cancelled once the violence began.
2018-06-30

Avian flu virus H5N8 outbreaks are reported in birds in India, Germany, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and several other European nations. The World Health Organization advised on 17 November that human infection is possible, but unlikely, based on information available.
2016-11-26

Authorities in China report four more critical cases of the H7N9 strain of bird flu, taking the total of known cases to seven.
2013-04-2

A fifth outbreak of bird flu occurs in Japan, with a cull of 150,000 chickens underway.
2011-01-27