It rains on California: why is it dangerous and bad

It is expected that a series of showers this week will help firefighters in the fight against the Camp fire, however they carry and danger.

Livni, which meteorologists predict will begin on Wednesday morning, will irrigate dry soil, clean the air of smog hanging over Northern California, and help firefighters in the fight against a massive fire in Butte County, which has been raging for 12 days already. However, residents, exhausted by the news of the constant fires, expect the most precipitation.

"We're not expecting large amounts of rain, but the fact that the ground is so dry makes it more significant," said Ian Null, meteorologist for Weather Services. “Any kind of precipitation, rain or snow, is necessary.”

According to forecasts of the National Meteorological Service, the cold front will bring heavy rains that will run from Tuesday to 9 on Wednesday morning, moving in a southeast direction. As the winds increase, smog should dissipate.

According to Anna Schneider, a meteorologist from the meteorological service, another series of heavy rain is expected on Friday night.

Precipitation is expected to help firefighters in the fight against Camp fire, which killed more than 70 people and burned more than 151 000 acres, including the entire city of Paradise. As of Monday evening, the fire is localized at 70 percent.

But the fire itself is not so dangerous for firefighters as the threat of landslides, which could potentially interfere with the continuous search for more bodies in the wreckage.

“Even a small amount of rain can lead to some debris flows,” Null said. “Water can absorb ash and other debris.”

The main question that climate scientists are asking is whether there will be enough rainfall in the coming months to fill reservoirs and minimize fire hazards.

Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California at Los Angeles, says that there is currently a weak El Niño weather system on the shelf, which is believed to mean an increase in precipitation. However, the recent trend in California shows drier autumn and spring periods, no matter what the climate pattern in the Pacific.

Camp has already been recognized as one of the deadliest fires in US history. Only two fires in the past led to more casualties: the Great 1910 fire of the year (87 dead) and the Minnesota fire of the 1918 year, which killed 450 people.

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