Devastating wildfires are partly a result of a national policy that for many years suppressed fires in America’s forests, leading to more dead trees and brush. CBS News environmental correspondent David Schechter reports today’s hotter temperatures, due to climate change, leave the forest highly flammable.
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Sizzling heat blankets the West, but the worst could be on the way – CBS News Watch CBS News Phoenix, Arizona, was seeing the mercury reach 110 degrees for the 13th day in a row Wednesday, while Southern California was forecast to see similar scorching temperatures later this week. Omar […]
