A new report suggests that climate change-induced factors, like reduced rainfall, primed conditions for the Palisades and Eaton fires.
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Rain has mostly moved out of Southern California after the first significant storm of the season brought weekend downpours ...
No more rainfall is expected in the area until possibly late in the first week of February, but Santa Ana winds aren't in forecast either.
San Diego's dry conditions greatly increased the risk for wildfires. “We’ve been experiencing extreme fire behavior ...
Usually rain would have fallen before ... out for a mile or more ahead of the fire front, igniting spot fires. The winds also make it unsafe for firefighters to fly water-dumping planes and ...
But mudslides and landslides in post-fire areas do not necessarily always follow rain, particularly in places ... ongoing firefighting efforts." Firefighters have contained more of the Eaton ...
But even more than winds, the region faces danger from extreme dry conditions and lack of rain ... Kittell said of dangerous fire weather. An army of firefighters have worked for days to ...
McLean said there wasn’t a number — a length of time — regarding how long wildfires generally burn in the state. The wildfires that survive firefighters ... down or rain is forecast ...
It’s been more than a week since the first spark but firefighters ... LA fires show the human cost of climate-driven 'whiplash' between wet and dry extremes When unusually heavy rain meets ...