Climate Changed
‘Bomb Cyclone’ Snuffs Out California’s Massive Dixie Wildfire
A road closed sign floats on a flooded street in San Rafael, California on Oct. 24.
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A powerful Pacific storm called a “bomb cyclone” that drenched Northern California on Sunday has effectively extinguished the second-largest wildfire in state history.
The Dixie Fire, which burned for more than three months in the northern Sierras and torched nearly 1 million acres, was 100% contained as of Monday, according to wildfire tracking site InciWeb.