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The ongoing wildfires in California are unprecedented, in the sense that they are dramatic for this time of the year,
said Apostolos Voulgarakis, an atmospheric scientist at Imperial College London, We see these fires spread when it is hot and dry and windy, and right now all of those conditions are in place in southern California,
Kristina Dahl, vice president for science at Climate Central, told AFP The clearest climate signal for those three conditions is with the temperature,
Should a large number of additional structures be burned in the coming days, it may become the worst wildfire in modern California history based on the number of structures burned and economic loss,
AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter said We expect a majority of the losses to be related to homeowners' coverage and a significantly lesser amount to commercial,
We see it in all of the key metrics,
What used to be the non-fire season in south-eastern Australia, there’s actually been an exponential increase in the area burnt during that,
Historically, those middle attitudes have always been prone to fires and that’s just getting worse due to climate change,
California had a huge fire season and they wouldn’t release the aircraft. But our season started in August in Queensland and NSW, where we started losing homes and we couldn’t get large aircraft,
What they’ve been talking about for years is a 12-month fire season in California, rather than four months that ends in November,
We’re seeing lower humidity in the atmosphere in general because of climate change and that increases fire danger risk,
I think that we need to look at it from the perspective of global changes. And climate is just one global change. And certainly one of the other important global changes is population growth. And California has been growing at a phenomenal rate in the last 20 years,
It's really just the perfect alignment of everything in the atmosphere to give you this pattern and strong wind,
said Tim Brown, director of the Western Regional Climate Center The impact increases exponentially as wind speed increases,
said fire scientist Mike Flannigan of Thompson Rivers University in Canada Now we talk about fire years.”
said David Acuña, a battalion chief for Cal Fire Winter wildfires should be an oxymoron,
University of Colorado's Balch said We are moving rapidly to support state and local law enforcement and firefighters to respond to the Eaton Fire threatening Altadena and Pasadena as extremely critical fire weather continues in Southern California. To all those in the region, remain vigilant and listen to local authorities."
Governor Gavin Newsom, in a statement The Hurst Fire is spreading rapidly under high winds, creating dangerous conditions for nearby communities,
Watching the live coverage of the Los Angeles fires and can't believe what I'm seeing. It's going to be a very long night. #eatonfire #PalisadesFire
Antony Farnell, chief meteorologist for Canada's Global News, while sharing news footage of people evacuating Altadena alongside horses in a post to X, formerly Twitter The combination of low humidity, dry fuels, and shifting winds has heightened the potential for spot fires and rapid expansion. Residents are urged to remain alert and follow instructions from local authorities as the situation evolves,
