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Scientists have built consensus around the probability that more powerful floods, fires, droughts and storms will occur with higher frequency as the Earth gets hotter.

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California fires now rage all year as drought creates tinderbox

The never-ending fire season stems largely from a years-long drought that gripped much of California before easing in 2017.

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In this Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018 photo, rainfall from recent storms has caused small green patches of grass to sprout, but most slopes remain barren, along Mulholland Highway through the Woolsey Fire burn scar in the Santa Monica Mountains near Calabasas, Calif. (AP Photo/John Antczak)

California’s wildfire season used to last a few months. Now the state burns all year.

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