Typhoons in Korea amplified wildfires in America (IMAGE)

GIST (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)

Typhoons in Korea amplified wildfires in America

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The wildfires that wrecked Western America in the fall of 2020 may have been worsened by an unexpected source: three typhoons that occurred in the Korean Peninsula mere days before.

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