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What happened to tens of thousands of lightning strikes in California in 72 hours?

According to ABC 19, within 72 hours, California suffered nearly 1 1000 lightning strikes. A large number of lightning strikes have caused California firefighters to be busy putting out fires all over the state. California Governor newsome has declared a state of emergency and called for more personnel and equipment to put out fires from the ground and air.

"What happened in the last 72 hours has undoubtedly exhausted California's resources," newsome said at a news conference on June 5438+09. When the fire broke out, California was experiencing an unprecedented heat wave, and the temperature exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit (about 37.7 degrees Celsius) this Sunday.

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Apple CEO Cook recently announced that Apple plans to donate money. Help the mountain fire rescue work in California. In the fire, California is also struggling with the continuous heat wave. Many Californians in the Bay Area were forced to evacuate their houses, and the air quality near Apple's headquarters in Cupertino was also affected by the fire.

Due to strong winds and dry weather, fires often occur in California from August to165438+1October. Apple had previously donated money to wildfire relief on 20 17, 20 18 and 20 19.

China Net-Thousands of people were forced to evacuate 72 hours after being struck by lightning in California.