How climate change contributes to wildfires like Chile's

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At least 112 people have been killed by wildfires in central Chile, leading its president to declare two days of national mourning. The devastation comes soon after Colombia declared a disaster over wildfires. Scientists say climate change makes the heat waves and drought now hitting South America more likely—and both contribute to wildfires by drying out the plants that feed the blazes.
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