The unusually dry winter and strong windstorms created the perfect conditions for what analysts project is one of the costliest wildfire disasters in U.S. history. The wildfires have devoured ...
A long dry summer created ample fuel that has combined with a lack of rainfall over the winter to extend fire season conditions. Added to these factors were Santa Ana windstorms that fan flames ...
Above normal snow continued throughout that season in 2021 and was accompanied by multiple events of strong and damaging windstorms. The excessive cold and winter precipitation events persisted ...