Recently, california, the richest state in the United States, has caused big news again, and the sky of California is like a red-hot soldering iron, which has once again attracted global attention.
Entering the dry season, there are wildfires in California again! Moreover, the scope and lethality of this fire are unprecedented.
Up to now, the fire in Northern California has been burning for more than ten days, the fire has spread over 45,000 acres, and the air is filled with thick smoke! Despite the full efforts of firefighters to extinguish it, the fire was still not effectively contained.
During the 2017-2018 winter, much of California was drier than in previous years, making vegetation moisture levels lower. Such high temperature and dry weather, once the fire breaks out, it is difficult to extinguish.
Since Jan. 1, a total of 196,092 acres of land in California have been burned, seven times the size of San Francisco and more than double the average for the same period in the past five years.
The National Wildfire Risk Map shows that Northern California is near the Oregon border, the Central Bay Area to Santa Barbara, northern Nevada, and southern Idaho are among the highest fire risk areas in the country.
The ongoing drought caused California's fire-prone season to arrive early, comparable to the worst in a decade!
Five of the ten most devastating fires in California's history have occurred in nearly three years.
In this regard, netizens are also hotly discussed: "This free dust, inhaled into the lungs feel warm." "Ominous omen: America is going to play with eggs." "It looks like the Yellowstone National Volcano in the United States is also about to erupt!" These two years in the United States are a year of disaster, and we can't escape it! "Water and fire are merciless. I wonder if it could have been put on by an old white man, or a black old man. ”