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August 24, 2020

Raging California Wildfires Displace 120,000, Burn 1.2 Million Acres
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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.