occurring now

"While the Arctic has experienced warming in the past, the scary thing is how rapidly it's occurring now. The landscape must respond quickly and that can be traumatic," she said.

A red flag warning means critical fire conditions are either imminent or occurring now, according to the weather service.

"That additional flooding is occurring now and yet we wait. Every day we wait, more and more developments qualify under the old, out-of-date, not protective standards. That is locking in decades of unnecessary, additional flooding that our communities will suffer through."

A red flag warning “means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior,” per the NWS.

“Historically, it was primarily a pocketed matter. It was still pernicious and candidates spoke to it, but it didn’t really affect areas where you see crime occurring now,” Dominguez said.