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Southern California is extremely dry, and that’s fueling fires − maps show just how dry

  • Written by Ming Pan, Senior Research Hydrologist, University of California, San Diego
imageDry vegetation helped fuel fires that spread through the Los Angeles area in early January 2025.Mario Tama/Getty Images

Dry conditions across Southern California set the stage for a series of deadly wind-driven wildfires that burned thousands of homes and other structures in the Los Angeles area in early January 2025.

Ming Pan, a hydrologist at the...

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