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Now stored in sealed plastic bags, the sooty plumes will help answer questions about how chronic smoke exposure affects birds, and what exactly the animals were exposed to during L.A.’s firestorms.

The warmer plume of air will bring milder nights with no frost expected later in the week and over the weekend.

Chernobyl is the site of the world's worst nuclear accident - a catastrophic explosion that sent a plume of radioactive material into the air in 1986, triggering a public health emergency across Europe.

Both schools — which were in the path of smoke and ash plumes — were cleaned by regular maintenance staff.

Atmospheric river storms are long plumes of water vapor that can pour over from the Pacific Ocean into California.