Smoky air A valley outside Paradise, California on Nov. 13, 2018. (Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

The smoke from California's deadliest fire is so thick that it's blotting out the sun and lowering surface temperatures by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit (6 Celsius), according to the U.S. National Weather Service.

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