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How bad will California’s fire season be? Experts on the threat – and what can be done

After the third-driest year ever recorded in the state, California risks disaster just months after a devastating 2020

Hillsides typically decked in colorful flowers are parched and splotched with brown. The so-called desert “superbloom” never materialized.

California is facing a critically dry year. America’s most populous state received only half its average amount of rain this spring, making 2021 the third-driest year it has ever recorded.