California Wildfires

Climate change is here and for real: Here are some disasters that have taken place in recent times

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An example of the most recent climate change disaster is the Uttarakhand floods of 2021 in Nanda Devi National Park, a Unesco World Heritage site. It is believed to have been caused by a landslide or a glacier burst at Nanda Devi. By Reya Mehrotra California wildfiresA combination of causes like increased warming due to … Read more

In just a week, wildfires burn 1 million acres in California

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The fires have killed five people and torched nearly 700 homes. (AP Image) Firefighters in California were racing to slow the spread of wildfires that burned nearly one million acres in a week and destroyed hundreds of homes as weekend weather threatened to spark new fires and overwhelm the state’s firefighting ability. Responding to the … Read more