Recently, affected by thunderstorms and continuous heat waves, many mountain fires in California, the United States, recorded the alarming process of driving through the fire. California Governor Newsom stated on August 21 that in the past 72 hours, California had recorded nearly 12,000 lightning flashes. Extreme weather and lightning caused wildfires to spread further. At the same time, the dense smoke from wildfires has seriously polluted the air and threatened the health of local residents.
So far, wildfires have killed at least 6 people and injured more than 40 people. The fire area exceeded 3,000 square kilometers, more than 500 houses were destroyed, and more than 100,000 people were facing evacuation. The current fire is far from being controlled, but the local fire fighting resources are severely lacking. (Edit Chi Hanyu)
Editor in charge: [Liu Xian]