Fighting wildfires and mudslides

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• Heavy thunderstorms modestly helped firefighting efforts Sunday
  
• Storms also triggered mudslides, complicating California wildfire disaster
  
• Mudslide, 300 yards wide; up to three feet deep, hit near Independence, California
  
• Mudslide damaged about 50 homes and caused the temporary closure of road
  
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