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Wildfires are burning across Los Angeles

What has climate change got to do with the LA fires?

Wildfires in Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people and destroyed thousands of homes. Officials are worried more high winds could make the flames spread even further.

At the same time, new data shows that 2024 was the world's hottest year on record. So is climate change making these types of fires worse?

Esme Stallard, a 麻豆社 Climate and Science journalist, takes us through the conditions that contributed to the fire and why the flames are so hard to contain.

We also hear from people in LA about what it鈥檚 all been like for them, losing their homes and having to evacuate.

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