Know that there are several factors that have played a role. When we talk about wildfires, we tended to talk about wildfires, we tended to talk about wildfires, we tended to talk about three ingredients. We do know when it comes to whether, in hawaii, strong womens have fans the flames. Strong winds. Its red area represents severe drought in the structure and the orange areas moderate drought. They represent 14 of the state. These larger yellow areas are abnormally dry conditions. This sucks the moisture out of vegetation, which means in turn, these areas are more likely to catch fire. On top of all of this, scientists have recorded 90 less rainfall than a century ago. When you talk about a spark in fuel, scientists have also said that some parts of hawaii have grasses that are not native to the state and are far more flammable than some of the native plants they are. Couple that with those dry conditions, and it means those area are more likely to catch fire and spread. Hawaiis govern
focus. a well known norwegian mountaineer has denied accusations that her team climbed over an injured guide during a bid to break a world record. the porter, believed to be mohammed hassan, fell off a [edge on pakistan s k2 the world s second highest mountain. video posted on social media appeared to show a group climbing over mr hassan, who reportedly died a few hours later. the mountaineer kristin harila says her team stayed with him after he fell and give him oxygen and hot water until an avalanche went off around the corner . she said she understood more help was coming and decided to move forward to avoid overcrowding. how dangerous are these times and what s involved in getting to the top of these peaks? joining me now is alan hinkes, the first briton to climb all iii of the world s highest mountains. it took him three attempts to summit k2 before finally reaching the top. tell us more. inaudible