How ‘hydroclimate whiplash’ is increasing the risk of wildfires

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January’s wildfires in Los Angeles were among the worst in California’s history. Experts say their ferocity has been fuelled in part by ‘hydroclimate whiplash’, a climate change-driven phenomenon that is growing in intensity. The term describes the swing between two weather extremes, extremely wet weather and dangerously dry conditions.