California wildfires 2018

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Situation on August 1, 2018, the smoke development can be seen on the satellite image

The 2018 California wildfires affected a variety of regions. The media dubbed them the worst fires in California history. They reached considerable proportions in early August 2018 and a new high in November 2018. In the period from January 1, 2018 to August 12, 2018, 3,880 km² burned down. According to evaluations by Munich Reinsurance , the macroeconomic damage was $ 24 billion, of which $ 18 billion was insured. The fires were therefore the most serious of all time in terms of the amount of damage.

The extent of the forest fires is assessed in the context of man-made climate change . A research report by the California government published in August 2018 assumes that the situation will worsen as climate change continues. At the beginning of November the worst forest fires for decades broke out, almost completely destroying the small town of Paradise . Large parts of the coastal town of Malibu , including numerous prominent villas, fell victim to the sea of ​​flames.

Weather and climatic conditions

According to a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change , climate change in California can be expected to make dry periods even drier and winters in some years wetter. This leads to droughts on the one hand, and floods on the other. From 2012 to 2017, California suffered from a severe water shortage. The drought phase was compared to the medieval mega drought from 979 to 981. In the drought, forest fires occurred again and again. In 2014, Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of drought, which he declared over in April 2017 after heavy rains. In 2017, bush and forest fires caused exceptionally severe damage. The “Thomas Fire” in December alone destroyed 113,000 hectares of land. In 2018 there was already a drought in March, which resulted in the first bush fires.

July August

A high pressure area had brought warmer air, drought and strong winds to the region.

In mid-August, more than 40 people were killed, thousands of houses burned down, 50,000 people evacuated, and estimated damage of more than ten billion dollars.

Two forest fires in northern California, the so-called ranch fire and the river fire, grew together near the town of Mendocino to form the largest known fire in California history. It was called the Mendocino Complex. The fire covered an area of ​​just under 1150 square kilometers. It exceeded the burn area of ​​the Thomas Fire that broke out in Southern California on December 4, 2017.

At least six people were killed in the Carr fire near Redding , northeast of Mendocino. More than a thousand houses were destroyed.

The "Holy Fire" took place in the Cleveland National Forest southeast of Los Angeles.

Another major fire was located a few kilometers from Yosemite National Park .

September October

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November

Fire fighting aircraft in action

On November 8th, fires broke out again in several places in the north and southwest of California. In Butte County , the fire known as the " Camp Fire " spread to more than 30,000 acres in one day, reaching 44,000 acres on November 12th. According to the authorities, the small town of Paradise there was almost completely destroyed. Due to the large number and size of the fires, large parts of California were affected by heavy air pollution from clouds of smoke. In San Francisco , 350 km from the fires, residents were told not to leave their homes and to keep the windows closed.

As of November 17, 2018, 74 people had died. More than 1000 people are missing. In addition, around 9,700 houses burned down in Paradise alone.

Malibu , located on the coast, was also affected . Here, too, the authorities asked the residents to leave the city. Deputy Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for Counties Butte, Los Angeles and Ventura . The extinguishing work was hampered by strong winds . Several celebrity mansions burned down. The poem The Panther in the original handwriting by Rainer Maria Rilke , which was located in Thomas Gottschalk's house, fell victim to the flames like his property. At times, 250,000 people were unable to go back to their apartments and houses.

US President Donald Trump blamed the disaster in the forest administration of the democratically ruled state and threatened California with the withdrawal of federal funds. Harold Schaitberger, president of the International Federation of Firefighters, dismissed Trump's comments as inconsiderate and offensive to the firefighters and those affected by the fires. After Governor Jerry Brown requested assistance, Trump announced federal funding.

List of individual fires

The list below identifies the forest fires that destroyed more than 1,000 acres (400 hectares) or caused a significant loss of property or people.

Surname County (s) Area
/ acres 		originated on deleted on Remarks Swell)
Pleasant Inyo 2,070 February 18, 2018 03rd April 2018
Moffat Inyo 1,265 April 19, 2018 May 21, 2018
Nees Merced 1,756 02nd May 2018 17th May 2018
Patterson Riverside 1,261 17th May 2018 May 21, 2018
Panoche San Benito 64 04th June 2018 07th June 2018 3 dead
Stone los Angeles 1,352 04th June 2018 June 13, 2018
Airline San Benito 1.314 04th June 2018 June 14, 2018
Apple Tehama 2,956 0June 9, 2018 June 14, 2018 Three houses and two outbuildings destroyed
Chrome Glenn 2,290 0June 9, 2018 June 21, 2018 Destroyed an outbuilding
Lions Madera 13,347 June 11, 2018 01st October 2018
Planada Merced 4,564 June 15, 2018 June 21, 2018
Yankee San Luis Obispo 1,500 20th June 2018 01st July 2018
Lane Tehama 3,716 June 23, 2018 04th July 2018 One injured
Pawnee Lake 15,185 June 23, 2018 0July 8, 2018 22 buildings destroyed, one injured
Creek Madera 1,678 June 24, 2018 05th July 2018 Four residential buildings and seven outbuildings destroyed
Waverly San Joaquin 12,300 June 29, 2018 02nd July 2018
county Lake , Napa , Yolo 90.288 June 30, 2018 July 14, 2018 20 buildings destroyed, one firefighter injured
Klamathon Siskiyou 38.008 05th July 2018 16th July 2018 82 buildings destroyed; one injured, three dead
Valley San Bernardino 1,350 06th July 2018 October 22, 2018 5 injured
Holiday Santa Barbara 113 06th July 2018 11th July 2018 20 structures destroyed
Pendleton Complex San Diego 1,800 06th July 2018 11th July 2018 originally three different fires, all of which burned at Camp Pendleton
west San Diego 504 06th July 2018 11th July 2018 56 buildings destroyed
Georges Inyo 2,883 0July 8, 2018 18th July 2018
Ferguson Mariposa 96.901 13th July 2018 18th August 2018 19 firefighters injured and two others killed, 10 buildings were destroyed
eagle Modoc 2,100 13th July 2018 17th July 2018
Natchez Del Norte , Siskiyou 38.134 15th July 2018 October 30, 2018
Carr Shasta 229,651 23rd July 2018 August 30, 2018 1,079 residential buildings, 22 commercial buildings and 503 outbuildings destroyed - 190 residential buildings, 26 commercial buildings and 63 outbuildings damaged, three firefighters and five civilians killed
Cranston Riverside 13,139 July 26, 2018 August 10, 2018
Mendocino Complex Mendocino , Lake , Colusa , Glenn 459.123 July 27, 2018 18th September 2018 Ranch Fire and River Fires are commonly referred to as the Mendocino Complex Fire. 157 residential buildings and 123 other buildings were destroyed - 13 residential buildings and 24 other buildings were damaged; one firefighter was killed and four others injured.
Whaleback To let 18,703 July 27, 2018 07th August 2018
Butte Sutter 1,200 July 31, 2018 03rd August 2018
Donnell Tuolumne 36,450 0August 1, 2018 01st October 2018 135 structures destroyed; 9 civilians injured
Tarina core 2,950 03rd August 2018 0August 6, 2018
Pendleton San Diego 1,000 05th August 2018 0August 6, 2018 Burned at Camp Pendleton
Turkey Monterey 2,225 0August 6, 2018 0August 6, 2018
Holy Orange , riverside 23,136 0August 6, 2018 13th September 2018 18 structures destroyed, three firefighters injured
Five Kings 2,995 0August 6, 2018 0August 8, 2018
Hirz Shasta 46,150 0August 9, 2018 September 12, 2018
Has Shasta 1,900 0August 9, 2018 August 16, 2018
Nelson Solano 2.162 August 10, 2018 August 12, 2018
Stone Modoc 39,387 15th August 2018 29th August 2018
Mill Creek 1st Humboldt 3,674 August 16, 2018 August 30, 2018
front San Luis Obispo , Santa Barbara 1.014 19th August 2018 29th August 2018
North Placer 1,120 03rd September 2018 16th September 2018
boat Mono 6,974 04th September 2018 15th September 2018
Kerlin Trinity 1,751 04th September 2018 17th September 2018
delta Shasta 63,311 05th September 2018 0October 7, 2018 Was swallowed by the Hirz Fire ; 20 structures destroyed
Snell Napa 2,490 0September 8, 2018 15th September 2018
Charlie los Angeles 3,380 22nd September 2018 01st October 2018
Alder Tulare 4,653 04th October 2018 07th December 2018
Eden Tulare 1,777 04th October 2018 07th December 2018
Branscombe Solano 4,700 0October 7, 2018 0November 9, 2018 four structures destroyed
Sun Tehama 3,889 0October 7, 2018 October 12, 2018
Mountaineer Tulare 1,270 October 13, 2018 07th December 2018
Camp Butte 153,336 0November 8, 2018 November 25, 2018 5 firefighters injured, 88 residents killed, 12 others injured, 249 missing; 19,068 structures destroyed, 669 structures damaged
Nurse Solano 1,500 0November 8, 2018 November 27, 2018
Hill Ventura 4,531 0November 8, 2018 15th November 2018 four structures destroyed
Woolsey Los Angeles , Ventura 96,949 0November 8, 2018 22nd November 2018 1500 structures destroyed, 341 damaged

The death tolls listed in this table add up to 102 deaths.

See also

Web links

Commons : California Forest Fires 2018  - Images, Videos and Audio Files Collection

Individual evidence

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