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Gabrielle Canon in Los Angeles

UNBELIEVABLE: Loading the dice climate crisis could increase southern california wildfires | History Defined

A firefighter douses flames during the Creek fire in unincorporated Madera County, California, on 7 September 2020.
A firefighter douses flames during the Creek fire in unincorporated Madera county, California, on 7 September 2020. Photograph: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images

A convergence of dangerous weather conditions, exacerbated by the climate crisis, has set the stage for southern California to see an increase in catastrophic wildfires over the coming decades, according to a new study.

Southern California, home to 23 million people, has largely been spared the kind of extreme fire escalation experienced in the northern part of the state, but models drawn up by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have predicted that will change.

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