Golden State is trying to increase the number of cases of coronavirus that started in the summer when dozens of wildfires are burning and the smoke makes it difficult to breathe. Then, if not enough crises, Southern California was hit by another crisis – an earthquake.
Officials said more than 19,000 firefighters in the state had to fight to contain multiple blazes, so they had to express their condolences, officials said.
A firefighter was killed Thursday in an El Dorado fire in Southern California, fueled by a boasted race revelation party this month, according to the San Bernardino National Forest Service.
The state has witnessed more than 4.4 million acres of land so far this year, with eight people killed and hundreds of homes reduced to ashes.
After the Bobcat fire broke out in Los Angeles County, numerous communities were ordered to evacuate, which was filled with strong winds.
Fire officials have warned that the warning and dry conditions increase the risk of fire in the coming days.
Smoke endangers their health
The smoke from the devastating wildfire has spread for miles, creating dangerous air conditions in California and nearby states.
The air in San Francisco was filled with smoke earlier this week so it could rank among the top major cities in the world with the worst air quality, according to IQR, a global air quality monitoring group.
Smoking has affected other cities, including Los Angeles and even Yosemite National Park, which the National Park Service closed to all visitors last week because conditions were in an undesirable and dangerous range.
According to figures from Europe’s Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS), large amounts of wildfires’ thick smoke have spread to the rest of the country and into northern Europe.
The epidemic is threatening their lives
The state appears to be making progress in slowing the spread of coronavirus, but the threat is protracted.
The number of hospital admissions has dropped by 22 per cent in the last two weeks and the percentage of tests has dropped to 6 per cent since the rise in summer cases, government Gavin News said in a news briefing on Wednesday.
“We are moving forward and seeing a reduction in the spread and broadcast rate of the Covid-19,” Newsme said.
There have been 782,828 cases of coronavirus in California so far and 14,972 people have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
But wildfire has become a challenge for health officials. News said air access to mobile test sites in the state has been affected by air quality problems.
The quake also raised more concerns
Pictures were fluttering on the wall, plants were uprooted and some people were trembling in bed.
Friday night – east of downtown Los Angeles – the quake struck near the city of El Monte, but it was felt largely in the San Diego, Valencia and San Fernando valley areas, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Said the Geological Survey.
“What a tweak! We felt it too. No need to call 9-1-1 until the crisis comes,” he said.
The San Gabriel Police Department tweeted.While there were no reports of serious injuries or damage, it was a reminder to those in the greater Los Angeles area that the risk of an earthquake has not gone away.
“It’s a wake-up call, reminding you that we have an earthquake here. Right now we have enough disasters going on, I’m like everyone else, I have nothing else in 2020,” said California seismologist Lucy Jones. Institute of Technology, CNN affiliated KABC said.
Experts cannot fully predict aftershocks, Jones says, adding that the probability of a subsequent major earthquake is usually less than %%.
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