Publication: N.Y. Times

UCLA Expert: Daniel Swain: Assistant Researcher and Climate Specialist, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Synopsis: The wet weather that is arriving this week is expected to substantially reduce, if not eliminate, fire danger for the rest of the year. The autumn rains are indisputably good news, particularly after predictions of drier-than-usual La Niña conditions over fall and winter. 

UCLA News:  Swain said the storms will most likely yield significant benefits for both California’s ongoing water shortage and its fire season, especially in the cooler and wetter northern parts of the state.

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