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A large number of fires occurred in early March 2025 as severe winds, abnormal dry conditions and low humidity to illuminate and distribute fire flames throughout North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
Fires followed by a year of climate whip in Carolinas, from flash drought to severe storms in September, and then returned to the drought. The storms helped many fires that are still burning on March 5, but the Southeast fire season only started. The University of Wake Forest Lumen Lumen and Nick Kurak have put the fire and the dry winter of the area.
Why did Carolinas saw so many fires?
Most of North and South Carolina has been abnormally drought or moderate drought since November 2024. Dry conditions are constantly dried during the dried vegetation in the winter and leaves fire fuel.
When the land and vegetation are dry, all that is needed is a lightning strike or a human -made fire and wind to begin the fire.
The storms flooded the area in late summer 2024, but before that, Carolinas was drought.
Drought is a severe drought that is rapidly developed due to lack of precipitation and dry conditions in the atmosphere. When the atmosphere is dry, it pulls the water out of vegetation and soil and drys its surface.
In August and September, the tropical storm of Dabbi and Helen Storm caused widespread floods in the two states, but Carolinas received little rainfall in the following months and re -dried up 2025 in the winter.
How unusual is the fire in the area?
The fire is historically relatively common in Carolinas. They are a natural part of the landscape and many ecosystems are dependent on them.
Carbonated plants, such as Venus flights and porch plants, rely on frequent fire activity to eliminate the plants and other plants on which they grow and block light. Even some wild animals depend on the fire because of their habitats and food from the mixture of native plants after the fire.
