Impact of wildfires on Economy, Biodiversity and Human livelihood

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Impact of wildfires on Economy, Biodiversity and Human livelihood

Since Tuesday, the city of Los Angeles, California has been facing a raging wildfire that has been devastating everything in its wake for more than a week. On the 7th of January, the Paradise Fire started in the Topanga State Park and the Eaton Fire started in the LA border to the Angeles National Park. Drought conditions and a dry atmosphere fuelled the fires and helped them spread rapidly. The Santa Ana winds flowing through coastal California…