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California's Gov. Brown: Wildfires Are Evidence Of Changing Climate 'In Real Time'

According to Cal Fire, firefighters are battling 19 major blazes in the state, as Gov. Jerry Brown says it has become an unfortunate "part of our ordinary experience."

California Gov. Jerry Brown says his state is in "uncharted territory" with the current slew of intense wildfires and he warns that climate change has made the situation "part of our ordinary experience."

"[The] predictions that I see, the more serious predictions of warming and fires to occur

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