| # of Casualties: 17 |
# of People Missing: 24 |
# of Buildings Destroyed: 9418 |
| Date of Event: January 7, 2025 |
Location: Altadena/Pasadena, California |
Publish Date: Spring 2025 |
Wildfire seasons are becoming longer and more extreme due to climate change, and this trend is expected to worsen in the coming decades. Rising global temperatures, prolonged droughts, and changing precipitation patterns are creating conditions that make forests and grasslands drier and more flammable.
Warmer temperatures extend the period during which vegetation remains dry and vulnerable to ignition.
Climate change contributes to more extreme weather events that accelerate fire spread.
Climate change is contributing to more extreme weather events, such as heatwaves and strong winds, which can accelerate the spread of fires. Regions that were once less prone to wildfires, such as temperate forests, are now experiencing more frequent and severe fires, this is a warning in a shift in wildfire patterns globally.
Regions once less prone to wildfires are now experiencing more frequent and severe fires.
By mid-century, many parts of the world could face even longer fire seasons and more frequent high-intensity wildfires.
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