Wildfire activity in the US this spring is the worst in almost two decades, with nearly 30,000 fires since January.
More than 2 million acres have burned, which is more than twice the 10-year average.
Conditions could worsen heading into summer due to ongoing drought, low snowpack in the West and a developing El Niño that could be historically strong.
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In southern Georgia, fast-moving flames destroyed a record number of homes; across the Plains in Nebraska, the largest fire in state history killed one person and wiped out more than 600,000 acres of cattle country; and outside Los Angeles, an unusually early blaze spurred evacuation alerts for thousands.
