2018: more than 6700 km2 of land burned.
2019: Already more than 200,000 people evacuated.
California is burning, just like every year. Here is why this US state is so vulnerable to wildfires.
2019: Already more than 200,000 people evacuated.
California is burning, just like every year. Here is why this US state is so vulnerable to wildfires.
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01:16Wind increases the supply of oxygen, which results in the fire burning more rapidly.
01:21It also removes the surface fuel moisture, which increases the drying of the fuel.
01:26Air pressure will push flames, sparks, firebrands into new fuel.
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01:46This is not the new normal. This is the new abnormal.
01:50And this new abnormal will continue, certainly in the next 10 to 15 to 20 years.
01:57And unfortunately, the best science is telling us that dryness, warmth, drought, all those things,
02:05they're going to intensify.
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