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                                    <p>As Fresno residents deal with a <a href="http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article169798137.html" target="_blank" title="">late-season wave</a> of triple-digit heat, another Fresno (the one in Texas, just south of Houston) is in the midst of fallout from Harvey, the Category 4 hurricane that <a href="http://www.fresnobee.com/news/nation-world/national/article169667992.html" target="_blank" title="">landed in Texas Friday night</a>. It has since been downgraded to a tropical storm but continues to cause massive damage.</p>
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                
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