{"id":75175,"date":"2022-01-23T15:11:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T15:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=75175"},"modified":"2022-01-23T15:11:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T15:11:43","slug":"surreal-january-wildfire-shuts-california-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=75175","title":{"rendered":"‘Surreal’ January wildfire shuts California highway"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"News Desk:<\/strong> An unseasonal wildfire is raging in California's Monterey County, forcing evacuations and the closure of Highway 1, US officials say.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service (NWS) reported a “surreal fire behaviour given the wet Oct and Dec”.<\/p>\n

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The blaze along the Big Sur Pacific coast, dubbed the Colorado Fire, has scorched about 1,500 acres (607 ha).<\/p>\n

Strong winds pushed the fire toward the sea, and flames were seen burning near the famous Bixby Creek Bridge.<\/p>\n

Senior forestry and fire protection official Mike Meddles said firefighters from 13 agencies from around California's central coast had been deployed to tackle the blaze, according to KTLA digital channel.<\/p>\n

The area where the blaze is burning had “little or no fire history,” the NWS's Bay Area branch said in a Twitter post. .<\/p>\n

“Anecdotally it seems as though the long term drought is acting like a chronic illness where even recent rains and cold winter weather isn't helping to keep fires from developing,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

Climate change increases the risk of the hot, dry weather that is likely to fuel wildfires.<\/p>\n

The world has already warmed by about 1.2C since the industrial era began and temperatures will keep rising unless governments around the world make steep cuts to emissions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News Desk: An unseasonal wildfire is raging in California’s Monterey County, forcing evacuations and the closure of Highway 1, US officials say. The National Weather Service (NWS) reported a “surreal fire behaviour given the wet Oct and Dec”. The blaze along the Big Sur Pacific coast, dubbed the Colorado Fire, has scorched about 1,500 acres […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":75176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n