Maps show how dry Southern California is, as L.A. wildfires burn
When the air is warm and dry, transpiration and evaporation also suck water out of the plants and soil. That leaves dry vegetation that can provide fuel for flying embers to spread wildfires, as the Los Angeles area saw in early January.
The drought map highlights significant disparities across the state. While Northern California and parts of the Bay Area ...
Despite recent rounds of winter rain and powerful waves that pummeled the coastline, most of California is continuing to bake ...
Drought conditions are back. The U.S. Drought Monitor this week released a new map showing the entirety of Ventura, Los ...
A combination of abnormally dry conditions and powerful wind gusts have fueled Los Angeles’ destructive wildfires.
“This is a tragic time in our history,” said Los Angeles County Police Department Sheriff Jim McDonnell during a press ...
With fires burning in southern California and no rain in sight for the fire zone, forecasters are keeping a close eye on just ...
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As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words were invented: firenado, gigafire, fire siege — even fire pandemic. California has 78 more annual ...
Current forecasts show little hope that a needed storm could develop in the next few weeks, and the Southern California ... drought conditions, according to a U.S. Drought Monitor map ...
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