Thread by @capitalweather

A historic and devastating onslaught of wildfires has ravaged the West since mid-August. @NASAEarth satellite imagery has captured the punishing blazes which have devoured over 3.9 million acres in California alone.

Details: wapo.st/36mOloW (1/x)

Here's the view of the Creek Fire which exploded NE of Fresno Sep. 4-5 (2/x)

This is the horrific eruption of blazes in the Pacific Northwest Sept. 7-8:

Here's is the suffocating smoke which consumed San Francisco on Sept. 9: (4/x)

And the heat dome this week, along with bursts of strong offshore winds, have fanned existed flames and fueled new ones in both southern and northern California. (5/5)