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Climate change weakening Santa Ana winds but fire risk remains
Original: Climate change is weakening Santa Ana winds — but won't save SoCal from devastating fires
New reporting from the Los Angeles Times explains that climate change is gradually weakening Southern California's Santa Ana winds, the hot, dry gusts that drive the region's worst wildfires. However, scientists caution this trend will not spare the area from devastating fires, as rising temperatures and prolonged drought keep vegetation dry and flammable, meaning fire danger stays high even as the winds themselves diminish.
Why now: Southern California residents are concerned about wildfire risk as another fire season approaches and climate impacts intensify.
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- Climate change is weakening Santa Ana winds — but won't save SoCal from devastating fires · Los Angeles Times
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