Did Climate Change Worsen the Southern California Fires?

WorldNews Thursday, 7 December 2017 ()
Did Climate Change Worsen the Southern California Fires?Massive wildfires are raging across Southern California, threatening thousands of homes and cultural landmarks like the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Some of the largest fires were still barely contained by Wednesday afternoon. It’s been an unusually bad year for the state—amid an unusually bad year for the West at large. Fires in California have destroyed more than 6,000 structures and incinerated hundreds of thousands of acres. Montana and British Columbia both also had some of their worst wildfire seasons ever. Of course, most years are bad wildfire years now. Seven of California’s 10 largest modern wildfires in the last 14 years. (The state began keeping reliable records in 1932.) Given...
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News video: Southern California Fires Continue to Grow and Devastate

Southern California Fires Continue to Grow and Devastate 00:42

 The three largest Southern California fires were still burning strong Tuesday evening.