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The Witch Creek Fire, also known as the Witch Fire, [1] was the second-largest wildfire of the 2007 California wildfire season, [2] burning 197,990 acres (801 km 2) of land in San Diego County. Fanned by powerful Santa Ana winds, the Witch Creek Fire rapidly
Severe weather can occur under a variety of situations, but three characteristics are generally needed: a temperature or moisture boundary, moisture, and (in the event of severe, precipitation-based events) instability in the atmosphere.
Damage caused by the 1983 Los Angeles tornado This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The U.S. state of California experiences several tornadoes every year, with at least 489 twisters [nb 1] recorded since 1891. Among these are four fire whirls, a type of tornado that develops ...
Get the West Hollywood, CA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... windy conditions contributing to deadly wildfires in Southern California, the parched region is finally set ...
The global weather phenomenon El Niño, in which surface waters are abnormally warm in the eastern tropical Pacific, was a major player in many of the top weather events in 2023.
The Poinsettia Fire was the second most destructive of the San Diego County wildfires. [35] It caused property damage estimated at $22.5 million, [36] as well as the only reported fatality in the San Diego County series of wildfires. As of July 10, 2014, the cause of the fire is listed as "undetermined", which allows for further investigation ...
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The heat-related death rate in the U.S. (heat being either an underlying or a contributing cause) has increased since the mid 2010s. [4]Between 1979 and 2014, the death rate as a direct result of exposure to heat (underlying cause of death) generally hovered around 0.5 to 1 deaths per million people, with spikes in certain years.