Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: When Lightning Strikes - Models of Multi-Ignition Wildfires Could Predict Catastrophic Events
January 16, 2026
January 16, 2026
LIVERMORE, California, Jan. 16 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news:
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When lightning strikes: Models of multi-ignition wildfires could predict catastrophic events
Multi-ignition wildfires are not overly common. But when individual fires do converge, the consequences can be catastrophic. The largest fire on record in California, the 2020 August Complex fire, grew from the coalescence . . .
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When lightning strikes: Models of multi-ignition wildfires could predict catastrophic events
Multi-ignition wildfires are not overly common. But when individual fires do converge, the consequences can be catastrophic. The largest fire on record in California, the 2020 August Complex fire, grew from the coalescence . . .