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Although the strongest winds ended early Saturday morning, the area is still expected to see light winds ranging from 5 至 10 mph through the weekend, the NWS said.
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These light south winds will represent a potential change that residents and firefighters should monitor today,”
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在周五, flames from the Colorado Fire were visible about 70 miles away in Santa Cruz County, Cal Fire said.
The fire comes as drought conditions have been improving in California, thanks to the recent heavy rains across the state. The rainfall helped eliminate the highest level of drought and greatly reduced the level 3 在......之外 4 “extreme drought” 从 80% of the state in mid-December to 1% 本星期.
But drought remains a likely culprit behind the spread of the Colorado Fire, the NWS said.
“Anecdotally it seems as though the long term drought is acting like a chronic illness where even recent rains and cold winter wx (天气) isn`t helping to keep fires from developing,” the NWS said.