Just how bad are the California wildfires? The second and third largest fires in California history are now burning at the same time. There are also well over 500 other fires burning across the state.
Recent satellite and aerial imagery of California show a state that has been set afire and blanketed in dense smoke.
High resolution satellite imagery of wildfires burning last night in Northern California. pic.twitter.com/SodJKm9B1M
— CIRA (@CIRA_CSU) August 21, 2020
The 2nd & 3rd largest fires in California history are simultaneously burning, right now. pic.twitter.com/V7SdrOgckT
— Dakota Smith (@weatherdak) August 22, 2020
Hundreds of wildfires are generating enormous amounts of smoke in California today. Here, NOAA's experimental HRRR-Smoke model depicts how thick the smoke will be and how far it will travel from Aug. 20 – 22 in UTC time (which is 7 hours ahead of PT) #CaliforniaFires #FireWx pic.twitter.com/X0AamcKUbx
— NOAA Research (@NOAAResearch) August 20, 2020