California wildfires: Why the blazes are so intense right now
."California has a Mediterranean climate, which means it's winter wet and summer dry. Fire risk is highest in the autumn, after the long, dry, hot summer but before the winter rains "
Couple this dryness the fact there is plentiful vegetation—a result of a wet winter—which has now dried out due to warm air temperatures, providing plentiful fuel, and you have the perfect conditions for fires to spread. "This particular wind event over the weekend in the Bay Area lasted much longer than the wind event in 2017 which was a factor in spreading the North Bay Fires quickly in 2017," Carpenter said.
Many of the factors that drive wildfire risk are influenced by variations in the climate. In fact, experts say that climate change will lead to hotter, drier conditions in many regions, which can increase the risk and severity of wildfires. This is largely due to the fact that warmer and drier conditions provide better conditions for fires to spread, making them harder to extinguish.
"While wildfires are a natural part of California's landscape, the fire season in California and across the West is starting earlier and ending later each year," according to the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection.
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