A million acres have already burned across the country already, with La Niña bringing more severe dry climate
ot, dry winds will continue to spur flames burning through the drought-stricken landscapes in the south-west and the American plains, complicating efforts to extinguish roughly a dozen destructive wildfires that have already driven thousands from their homes.Risks are usually higher in the region during this time of year and fire conditions typically ramp up in the months sandwiched between winter and summer rain seasons.
remains mired in drought with many areas desperately missing the winter rains they rely on to refill water-starved systems.Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images We have a very large area from north-east New Mexico up into Colorado and western Kansas and we have designated it an extremely critical fire weather risk areathan in seven of the last eight years. “We have been busier than we have in the past with fire activity,” says Scott Overpeck, warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service based in Albuquerque, comparing the start of the season to other bad drought years in 2011 and 2018.
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