There are three reasons why California has been besieged by flames. First, the climate is becoming warmer. This has led to snow melting earlier, drier landscapes and a longer season when fires are likely to ignite. In western states the average fire season is 84 days longer than it was in the 1970s. “This is not the new normal. This is the new abnormal,” Jerry Brown, the state’s governor, said recently.
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