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From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 14 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5] The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).
Additionally, as climate change made the wildfire season in California longer, it further overlapped with the season of Santa Ana winds (October-January). [10] Analysis from Climate Central and World Weather Attribution also found that climate change strongly increased the likelihood of the wildfires not by one, but by multiple ways. [11] [12]
The largest fire at the time was the Pioneer Fire in the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest near Lake Chelan, which had grown to more than 12,000 acres (4,900 ha). [2] On October 30, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources announced the end of the 2024 fire season. [3]
An atmospheric river storm barreled into the Pacific Northwest on Sunday, bringing several days of heavy rain, most likely ending the wildfire season in many areas and offering a bit of a reprieve ...
During late July, the total area burned during the 2024 wildfire season saw significant growth due in part to long periods of hot, dry weather. These conditions allowed several fires to grow rapidly in size, such as the Park Fire, in Butte and Tehama counties, and the Borel Fire, in Sequoia National Forest. By July 29, more than 726,000 acres ...
The 2024 U.S. wildfire season is set to worsen as above-average temperatures set in over the summer, according to the National Interagency Fire Center forecast. That means another summer and fall ...
May 31—CHEYENNE — Forestry and public land officials said Friday that they expect Wyoming to experience an "average-to-normal" wildland fire season, with the north-central part of the state ...
Wildfire is an American teen drama television series that aired on ABC Family from June 2005 to May 2008. The show was produced by Lionsgate Television, Piller², and The Segan Company (which would later merge into Piller/Segan to produce Greek). The show premiered on June 20, 2005; its fourth and final season ended on May 16, 2008, due to low ...