103K views · 1.3K reactions | Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate as the Caldor fire in California intensified and began descending toward population centers along Lake Tahoe on Monday. https://nyti.ms/2V1CGbF | The New York Times | Facebook

25K views · 266 reactions | The Caldor Fire is one of nearly 90 large blazes in the U.S. Fires in California have destroyed around 2,000 structures and forced thousands to evacuate while also blanketing large swaths of the West in unhealthy smoke. Climate change has made the West warmer and drier in the past 30 years and will continue to make the weather more extreme and wildfires more destructive, according to scientists. | Washington Post | Facebook