BBCNEWS BBC World News August 11, 2021 04:04:00
In the remote eastern mountains of california, the dixie fire devours a car after echo of wild land. exhausted firefighters are battling ablaze unlike anything seen before. a perfect storm of severe head, drought and wind, plus the slope of the tender dry terrain is driving the rapid spread. this week, scientists directly linked the conditions to climate change. climate change doesn't cause wildfires or heatwaves or drought. what it does is make them a lot worse. that is what is happening in california, and the forecast does not look good. so people are learning the hard way how to live with t...