President Trump
Donald John TrumpCEO of parent company National Enquirer steps out Biden that he would shut down US in the midst of pandemic when scientists said it was necessary. Warren is calling for board members of the Postal Service to fire DeJoy or MORE approved a disaster declaration for California as wildfires in the state raged on, funded federal aid to affected regions.
Those areas include Lake, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo counties, according to a White House statement.
Hundreds of active fires in those areas have already burned about 1 million acres, according to Cal Fire officials.
The state also fought two of the largest fires in the state’s history: the 314,000-acre LNU Lightning Complex Fire in the northern Bay Area and Central Valley, and the 291,000-acre SCU Lightning Complex Fire for the most part east of San Jose.
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Gavin NewsomOVERNIGHT ENERGY: Biden calls climate change one of America’s four major crisis | Head of National Parks says staff shortages in coronavirus should not prevent access | Trump hits California officials over wildfires The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden’s big speech draws widespread praise Katie Porter says she would consider role in the Biden administration, California’s Senate, ME (D-Calif.) Said Saturday that nearly all fire department resources in the state are in use. The mayor, who often backs Trump, thanked him for approving the disaster.
“Thank you President for your partnership and for acknowledging this urgent declaration of great disasters,” Newsom said in a statement. “California is fighting two of the biggest fires in our history and has seen nearly 600 new fires last week, caused by dry lightning strikes. These are unusual times and conditions, but California is strong – we’ll get through this. ”
CAs are battling 2 of the biggest fires in our history with 585 fires and 12,000 lightning strikes in the last week.
thank you @realDonaldTrump for your partnership & acknowledging this urgent statement.
These are unusual times, but CA is farther than hell. We’ll get this. https://t.co/OvZjEOPS92
– Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) August 23, 2020
On Thursday, Trump targeted California officials when burns burned in the Bay Area, accusing them of mismanaging flammable punches in state forests that lead to fires. During a speech in Pennsylvania, the president accused the forest fires of “years” of poor forest management in California.
Newsom has got said the current wave of fires is due to extreme weather in the state, noting that California has recorded more than 11,000 lightning strikes in the past 72 hours.
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