Dozens of conflagrations have raged across more than 5 million acres (1.6 million hectares) in Oregon, California and Washington state since August, laying waste to several small towns, destroying thousands of homes and killing at least 35 people.
The sun rises through the morning fog and smoke from the wildfires burning during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Encinitas, California, U.S., September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake
But changes in climate and weather patterns — warming temperatures, periods of drought and erratic rains - also are causes. A drought-induced infestation of bark beetles killed 150 million trees alone in California, creating huge swaths of easily flammable material.California also experienced thunderstorms with very little rain that contributed to a surge in dry lightning strikes - the most widespread burst of such storms in California since 2008. In mid-August, nearly 6,000 lightning strikes were recorded during a single 24-hour stretch.
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