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Raging California Wildfires Displace 120,000, Burn 1.2 Million Acres
MONDAY, 24 AUGUST 2020
Record wildfires in California have prompted officials to issue new red flag warnings, with high temperatures and gusty winds threatening to make an already historic series of wildfires even worse. At least six people have died, and nearly 120,000 have fled their homes, as 1.2 million acres have already burned — an area larger than the state of Rhode Island. Two of the wildfires rank as the second- and third-largest fires in California’s history. The fires were triggered by an estimated 12,000 dry lightning strikes amid a record-shattering heat wave driven by the climate crisis.
Smoke from California wildfires is now visible in Kansas
As wildfires continue to rage throughout California, residual plumes of smoke have drifted all the way to the Midwest, reaching as far as the northwestern region of Kansas.
Crews on LNU Complex fires prepare for small chance of lightning Monday
Updated 9:54 am PDT
Multiple wildfires are burning in the greater North Bay. Cal Fire is referring to them collectively as the LNU Lightning Complex. LNU stands for Cal Fire’s Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit, and you can find the latest evacuation info here. A map of the fire is available here. The biggest fires are:
Hennessey Fire (merged with Gamble, Green, Aetna, Markley, Morgan, Spanish and Round): Napa County, 293,602 acres, 26% contained
Walbridge Fire (merged with Stewarts): Sonoma County, west of Healdsburg, 54,068 acres, 5% contained
Meyers Fire Sonoma County, north of Jenner, 2,360 acres, 95% contained
Crews on the LNU Lightning Complex in the North Bay are preparing for the possibility of dry lightning and high winds Monday morning and afternoon, as thunderstorms move across Northern California.
“The Red Flag Warning continues until 5 p.m. today,” Cal Fire said in its Monday morning status report. “Thunderstorms are still predicted throughout the day, which causes erratic winds, extreme fire behavior within the existing fires, and has the potential for new fire starts.” (Find the full Cal Fire report here. ) see link -→
PRAY FOR CALIFORNIA ~ Heartbroken
