August 2020 California lightning wildfires
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august-2020-california-lightning-wildfires-258-6257871
title:
August 2020 California lightning wildfires
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The August 2020 California lightning wildfires were a series of 650 wildfires that ignited across Northern California in mid-August 2020, due to a siege of dry lightning from rare, massive summer thunderstorms, which were caused by an unusual combination of very hot, dry air at the surface, dry fuels, and advection of moisture from the remains of Tropical Storm Fausto northward into the Bay Area. These fires burned between 1,500,000 acres (6,100 km2) to 2,100,000 acres (8,500 km2) within a 2–3 w
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An overview of major wildfires in California during August in the year 2020.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2020_California_lightning_wildfires
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2023-08-06T13:13:22Z
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