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They are fighting a perilous battle with limited weapons against fires blamed in part on a stronger-than-usual episode of the El Nino climate phenomenon parching Southeast Asia.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

A parching lack of rainfall extended the fire season into the normally wet month of January.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025

Warm weather already appears to be parching vegetation and making it more flammable, as the many blazes that began over the past few days have shown.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

The trend is likely to continue as the climate grows warmer and drier, reducing snowpacks, increasing evaporation and parching soils that absorb runoff.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2022

They already had a pile of birds large enough to fill the biggest parching tray, which Angeline had fetched from the camp.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich




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