VIDEO: Peak wildfire season has arrived in the Mojave Desert, with the landscape incredibly dry and primed for quickly spreading blazes. “How dry it is out here and how easy it is for things to catch fire,” Las Vegas local Leonard Aquilar told Channel 13 as he was out recreating at Red Rock. “A fire could start from anything,” said fellow local Ellen Svarckopf. “When I see the fire season coming up around here, it really hits me right in the heart,” she added. The percentage of Nevada land facing abnormally dry to extreme drought conditions has increased by over 350% since last July โ increasing from 22.02% to 99.63% in 12 months, showing a dramatic rise of 77.61% (352.67% increase). This dramatic shift means over 2 million Silver State residents now live in drought-stricken areas.
