{"id":12638,"date":"2024-03-05T04:08:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T22:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/05\/texas-wildfires-burn-over-1-million-acres-kill-thousands-of-livestock\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T04:08:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T22:38:10","slug":"texas-wildfires-burn-over-1-million-acres-kill-thousands-of-livestock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/05\/texas-wildfires-burn-over-1-million-acres-kill-thousands-of-livestock\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Wildfires Burn Over 1 Million Acres, Kill Thousands of Livestock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_82\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Massive wildfires have struck the Texas panhandle this week amid gusty winds and unusually warm weather.<\/p>\n<p>The deadly wildfires have scorched over 1 million acres and taken the lives of thousands of livestock.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>As of this weekend, the fire is only 15% contained.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I directed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TDEM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TDEM<\/a> to deploy additional emergency response resources as Texas responds to wildfires impacting the Panhandle.<\/p>\n<p>We also increased the readiness level of the State Emergency Operations Center.<\/p>\n<p>Texas stands ready to provide all available resources to protect Texans. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0YOfUXLKda\">pic.twitter.com\/0YOfUXLKda<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1762947663522095185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2024\/03\/deadly-texas-wildfires-scorch-1-million-acres-kill\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=deadly-texas-wildfires-scorch-1-million-acres-kill\">The Texas Tribune<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The agriculture industry, a big driver of the state\u2019s economy, was already facing pressures from prolonged and widespread drought that forced ranchers to manage smaller herds, contributing to a decrease in beef production nationally. The series of wildfires in the Panhandle this week is another blow as many ranchers tried to rebuild their herds and operations during the cooler months of the year.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Over 85% of the state\u2019s cattle population is located on ranches in the Panhandle, according to the Texas Department of Agriculture. In 2021, agriculture accounted for 9% of Texas\u2019 gross state product, adding $186.1 billion to the state\u2019s economy, according to Texas A&amp;M\u2019s Agrilife Extension report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>While numbers on how many cattle were lost in the fires are unknown, experts say ranchers will face significant economic pressure from the damage.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/americanfaith.com\/texas-wildfires-burn-over-1-million-acres-kill-thousands-of-livestock\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massive wildfires have struck the Texas panhandle this week amid gusty winds and unusually warm weather. The deadly wildfires have scorched over 1 million acres and taken the lives of thousands of livestock. As of this weekend, the fire is only 15% contained. I directed @TDEM to deploy additional emergency response resources as Texas responds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[]},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12638"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}