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These can be life-threatening and cause evacuation. Wildfires are less common along the coast because of the cooler, more humid summers, but can occur in autumn when the marine layer is less common, making temperatures warmer and humidity drop significantly. On occasion, fire whirls or fire tornadoes can develop within wildfires.
[70] [71] [72] California is known for its leading role in the realm of ecoconscious legislature not just on a national level but also globally. [73] [68] [74] In 2007, the California Legislature enacted AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which required the state to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. [75]
Eleven months ago, the Los Angeles area was under water. Nearly a foot of rain fell in just a couple of days in early February. It was a deadly storm that flooded roads, floated cars and triggered ...
[26] [27] The warning emphasized that fires could rapidly grow due to powerful winds and low humidity. Southern California had become increasingly arid since late summer 2024, with storm systems predominantly affecting the Pacific Northwest and Northern California instead, as a result of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) shifting from ...
The relationship between snowfall and climate change is not as simple as it might first appear. Why this year's average California snowpack is no reason for celebration Skip to main content
California recently agreed to cut water imports from the Colorado River by 10% not out of altruism, but because we must. The Department of Water Resources projects that the Sierra snowpack — a ...
The Santa Anas are katabatic winds (Greek for "flowing downhill") arising in higher altitudes and blowing down towards sea level. [7] The National Weather Service defines Santa Ana winds as "a weather condition [in southern California] in which strong, hot, dust-bearing winds descend to the Pacific Coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions".
A blistering heat wave Wednesday extended from the Midwest to New England, leaving millions of people sweltering through the Juneteenth holiday, including in places like northern Maine where they ...