Fla. looks to storms for wildfire help - AP

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Source: Associated Press

Fla. looks to storms for wildfire help

By RON WORD, Associated Press Writer
24 minutes ago

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The wildfire threat in the Southeast is getting
so bad, Florida's governor is looking for salvation from what would
typically be a nemesis — a brewing Atlantic storm.

"It could be a mixed blessing," Gov. Charlie Crist said Thursday on CBS'
"The Early Show."

He said he hopes Subtropical Storm Andrea brings rain, but not wind,
to help douse dozens of fires that have burned more than 290 square
miles across Florida and Georgia.

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Andrea was stationary early Thursday with 40 mph wind and centered
about 130 miles southeast of Savannah, Ga. So far, it wasn't promising
rainfall relief, and National Hurricane Center forecasters said it likely
would peter out within three days and drop only about an inch of rain.

But another storm system that has been causing flooding in the Midwest
could bring dousing rains to Florida, where Crist said fires had hit 57 of
the 67 counties, burned about seven homes and forced evacuations.

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