«The destructive
fires in California are not unexpected given the wet winter last year and resultant plant growth, followed by hot and dry weather since then in which the
vegetation dried out,» University of Colorado Boulder meteorologist Roger
A. Pielke Sr. said in an email.
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vegetation fires in Southeast Asia.