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Earth gets hotter, deadlier despite decades of global …

In this Aug. 17, 2021, file photo, embers light up hillsides as the Dixie Fire burns near Milford in Lassen County, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

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New technology plays growing role in predicting, corralling …

A helicopter makes a water drop to put out hotspots in a wildfire in Topanga, west of Los Angeles, Monday, July 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Tamarack Fire south of Lake Tahoe prompts evacuations; …

Smoke rises from the Dixie Fire burning along Highway 70 in Plumas National Forest, Calif., on Friday, July 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Paradise residents concerned as Dixie Fire erupts near …

An air tanker drops fire retardant to battle the Dixie Fire in the Feather River Canyon in Plumas County, Calif., Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP)

Heat, drought and wildfires in the West — the numbers …

Large, active Northwest wildfires threaten parched American …

The Bootleg Fire smoke plume grows over a single tree on Monday, July, 12, 2021 near Bly, Ore. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Dozens of fires spark across parched Western states, including …

Wildland firefighters watch and take video with their cellphones as a plane drops fire retardant on Harlow Ridge above the Lick Creek Fire, southwest of Asotin, Wash., Monday, July 12, 2021. (Pete Caster/Lewiston Tribune via AP)

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In this April 28, 2021, file photo, a firefighter prepares to battle the North Fire from a backyard on Via Patina, in Santa Clarita. (Emily Alvarenga//The Santa Clarita Valley Signal via AP, File)

SoCal Can Expect More Large Blazes With Hot, Dry …

Firefighters from Santa Fe Springs battle to control hotspots during the Maria Fire in Santa Paula area on Nov. 2, 2019. (Credit: Apu Gomes / AFP / Getty Images)