Drought, heat and extreme wind bring ‘explosive fire behavior’ to US
by Guardian staff and agencies from on (#5ZFN7)
New Mexico still battling US's biggest wildfire as blazes test fire crews in Texas and Colorado
Expanding drought conditions, coupled with hot and dry weather, extreme wind and unstable atmospheric conditions, have led to explosive fire behavior in the south-western US, federal officials warned on Friday.
The warning came as a huge wildfire, currently the largest in the US, continued to burn across New Mexico on Friday, as fire crews also battled blazes in Texas and Colorado.
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