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Climate scientist on winds fuelling California wildfires
Published: 9 January 2025 at 13:00 Europe/London
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More than 130,000 people in California were ordered to evacuate as dry, hurricane-force winds hindered firefighters and spread the blazes. We hear from Dr Ella Gilbert, climate scientist of the British Antarctic Survey, who specialises in the impact of mountain winds.
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