美国总统特朗普星期六抵达加利福尼亚州,近距离视察肆虐的野火给加州造成的广泛损害,并与政府官员和消防人员见面。

特朗普总统17日在加州州长等人的陪同下与北加州天堂市的市长交谈。
特朗普在离开华盛顿前往加州北部和南部视察灾情之前表示,假如加州的官员采取更为负责的行动,野火造成的损害本来可以减轻。
特朗普在白宫对记者说:“我们将谈及森林管理。我长久以来一直说这个问题。情况可能会很不同,但有一件事情大家都知道,这就是,这是我们必须做的事情,毫无疑问。但我认为大家都认同这一点。这是个大问题。”
一个星期前,特朗普指责加州官员造成了火灾,并威胁要拒绝发放联邦资金。特朗普没有提及加州的干旱天气。很多科学家认为,加州的干旱天气是气候变化的症状。
对此,刚刚在中期选举中赢得南加州第49国会选区的民主党人麦克•莱文星期六发推回敬。这位当选国会众议员要求得到更多的联邦救助,同时对特朗普表示,此时没有理由去挑毛病。
莱文推文说,”不要指责我们,也不要找借口”,“听听科学家怎么说吧”。
加州即将卸任的州长布朗和即将上任的州长纽索姆将跟特朗普一道视察加州北部和南部的火灾地区。特朗普还会晤了联邦紧急事务管理署署长布洛克・朗、消防人员和从加州北部城市天堂市和周边地区逃离野火的居民。天堂市和周边的野火是加州历史上死亡人数最多的一次野火。
加州州长布朗、美国内政部长瑞安・津克和联邦紧急事务管理署署长布洛克・朗星期三访问了北加州的天堂市。布朗说,今年的大火灾是气候变化和干旱造成的。津克则表示不能将火灾归结于一个因素。
津克说,“现在不是指责的时候”。他说,干枯的树木,更高的气温以及不善的森林管理都是原因。
加州有关部门的官员说,这次加州历史上造成死亡人数最多的火灾在天堂市周围导致1000多人失踪,死亡人数已经上升到71人。
正在与坎普大火奋战的消防人员现在的情况有所好转,他们进一步控制了火势。
有五千多名消防人员星期六继续在天堂市地区与大火搏斗。就在一个星期前,这里发生的致命野火迅速席卷了这个有2万7千人的市镇。那里因此化为灰烬,有将近1万2千栋建筑物被毁,其中包括至少9千7百栋民宅。成千上万的其它建筑物目前依然没有脱离火灾的危险。
政府官员表示,大火燃烧已经超过一个星期了,过火面积大约有590公里,火势大约50%得到了控制。
Heavy rains are expected next week in the Paradise area. While they would help extinguish the flames, they could also trigger hazardous floods and mudslides on hills where flames have burned away vegetation.
天堂镇预计下星期会有暴雨。暴雨尽管会帮助灭火,也可能诱发水灾,并在山区造成泥石流。
The blaze forced the evacuation of some 52,000 people who are staying in shelters, motels, homes of relatives and friends, and at a makeshift camp on a nearby Walmart parking lot and an adjacent field.
Officials said Friday that at least 25 people staying at shelters following the blaze have been hospitalized due to an outbreak of norovirus.
Wildfires are common in California, particularly at this time of year when warm, dry winds help fan the flames. At the southern end of California, firefighters and rescue workers have been grappling with other wildfires, including the Woosley Fire that killed three people and burned at least 500 structures near the Malibu coast near Los Angeles.
The Woosley Fire, which torched nearly 390 square kilometers, roughly the size of the western city of Denver, Colorado, was about 60-percent contained Friday, allowing more residents to return to the area.
The causes of the Camp and Woolsey fires remain under investigation, but officials say they may have been sparked by malfunctioning electrical equipment.
During a stop in southern California, Trump will also meet with family and friends of victims of a November 7 mass shooting in the city of Thousand Oaks, where a gunman killed a dozen people in a bar before committing suicide.
The causes of the Camp and Woolsey fires remain under investigation, but officials say they may have been sparked by malfunctioning electrical equipment.
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