{"id":81881,"date":"2020-10-05T09:27:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T06:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/california-wildfires-shatter-records-double-in-size-from-2019\/"},"modified":"2020-10-05T09:27:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T06:27:57","slug":"california-wildfires-shatter-records-double-in-size-from-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/california-wildfires-shatter-records-double-in-size-from-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"#California wildfires shatter records, double in size from 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#California wildfires shatter records, double in size from 2019<\/strong>”
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\n California\u2019s wildfires surpassed a grim milestone Sunday, more than doubling the size of last year\u2019s blazes \u2014 though the fire season is still far from over.<\/p>\n

More than 4 million acres \u2014 or 6,250 square miles \u2014 of the Golden State has been scorched so far in 2020, an area larger than the entire state of Connecticut.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 4 million mark is unfathomable. It boggles the mind, and it takes your breath away,\u201d said Scott McLean, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, also known as Cal Fire. The previous record was set in 2018, when fires burned 1.67 million acres.<\/p>\n

As of October 4, the fires have killed 31 people and destroyed 8,454 structures, according to the agency\u2019s daily briefing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One fire, the August Complex in Tehama County and Mendocino National Forest, is currently California\u2019s largest single wildfire<\/a> since the state began collecting data in the 1930s. The August Complex has consumed 970,563 acres by itself \u2014 and is only listed as 54 percent contained<\/a> as of Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

There may be hope on the horizon for firefighters battling that blaze, according to Cal Fire officials \u2014 but it will be several days for a \u201ccooling trend\u201d in California to slowly take hold.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are seeing some relief in the weather, but it\u2019s going to be three of four days before it really makes a difference on the fire,\u201d Cal Fire meteorologist Tom Bird said at a news<\/a> briefing on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe one good thing going forward, we\u2019re not expecting any wind events to push into the fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although many people have started returning to their homes, more than 30,000 individuals are still under evacuation orders \u2014 including the entire population of the Napa County town of Calistoga.<\/p>\n

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Experts say rising temperatures due to global warming are largely to blame for the increasing devastation of California\u2019s wildfires.<\/p>\n

According to a study conducted by researchers at UCLA and Stanford and cited by Scientific American<\/a>, average temperatures in California in the last 40 years have risen 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit, while average precipitation has decreased by 30 percent during the same time period.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an unprecedented year and the thing is there\u2019s no vaccine for wildfires,\u201d said Mike Flannigan, the director of the Canadian Partnership for Wildland Fire Science<\/a> at Canada\u2019s University of Alberta.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to have to learn to live with wildfires and the associate smoke.\u201d<\/p>\n

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