US President Joe Biden approves a disaster declaration for California ahead of his visit to Sacramento to survey damage from recent wildfires
Cal Fire firefighters monitor a backfire they lit to stop the spread of the Dixie blaze in Prattville community of unincorporated Plumas County, California in this file photo from July 23, 2021.
The blazes in California have been stoked by extremely hot, dry conditions that experts say are symptomatic of climate change during a summer fire season shaping up as one of the most destructive on record. Biden said last week that wildfires, hurricanes and floods were hitting every part of the United States, with more than 100 million Americans affected this summer alone, as he pressed for investments to boost infrastructure and fight global warming.
This month, Biden declared an emergency in California and ordered federal assistance to boost responders' efforts to battle the Caldor fire.
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