Wildfires are raging in California yet again after an insane 11,000 lightning strikes

[Mike Wehner]

• California wildfires are raging after record heat was followed by powerful storms that produced thousands of lightning strikes.
• Residents are preparing for evacuations in some areas as over 350 fires have been spotted in the state.
• Global warming is directly related to the prevalence of record heat as well as stronger storms and hurricanes.

California really can't catch a break. The state has been dealing with severe wildfire outbreaks for a number of years in a row now, and a recent heatwave and subsequent storms sparked hundreds of fires across the state in the span of just a few days.

As CNN reports, the latest information from state officials puts the number of ongoing fires in the state at 367. That's an incredibly huge number, and 26 of those fires are considered "major," according to officials. It's bad, and much of it appears to have been caused by storms that lit up the state with nearly 11,000 bolts of cloud-to-ground lightning over a period of just 72 hours.

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