Climate crisis ‘a hammer hitting us in the head’, says Oregon governor as wildfires rage

California's biggest fire destroys multiple homes while other blazes batter the American west

As California's biggest wildfire destroyed multiple homes, flames racing through rugged terrain, and as numerous other blazes battered the American west, the governor of Oregon said the climate crisis was like a hammer hitting us in the head".

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