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Myrtle Beach area burns

Never mind that the U.S. Drought Monitor shows that Myrtle Beach is out of the drought. Dry winds behind the cold front that pushed thorugh here have fanned a huge wildfire that has burned dozens of homes near the popular coastal tourist destination for Southwest Virginia residents.

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  1. Wow! Our hotel down there we go to every year is less than a 1/2 mile from Barefoot Landing.

    Comment by Ben — April 23, 2009 @ 7:44 pm

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    Kevin Myatt works on the copy desk for The Roanoke Times and is its principal weather geek, writing a weekly weather column and advising the newsroom on weather topics. He helps guide students on a storm chasing trip to the central U.S. each May and was an editor for "Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States."

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