Climate Experts And Fire Officials Fear A Record Breaking Wildfire Season Is Unfolding In Southland

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A new study on the climate reports that the moisture content in western states is lower than it’s been in 125 years, which is sparking concern for a record number of wildfires.

Meteorologist Mark Jackson with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told CBSLA’s Jeff Nguyen that a map from the US Drought Monitor confirms that the soil in the western US is record dry for this time of year.

“This year, 73 percent of the state right now is in what’s considered to be extreme to exceptional droughts,” Jackson said. “We’ve had very dry periods like around 2015 where downtown Los Angeles had hardly any rainfall at all for the winter season.”

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