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Fire erupts in Laguna Beach as record heat, drought grip Southern California

Fire erupts in Laguna Beach as record heat, drought grip Southern California

One blaze erupted in Laguna Beach while new fires spread in Los Angeles County with temperatures climbing to nearly 90 degrees with gusty winds.

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Fire erupts in Laguna Beach as record heat, drought grip Southern California

Talk about weather whiplash. Desiccating drought has become reinforced in California after a brief spell of heavy precipitation in the fall, dashing hopes of a long-term pattern change that would spell wetter weather for a state where 12 million acres have burned in the past decade.

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