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Maui wildfire caused by "compound disaster," Washington Post finds

The fires that devastated Maui this month appear to be an example of a "compound disaster," meaning multiple factors were at play, according to reporting in The Washington Post. Global weather writer Scott Dance, the author of The Washington Post report, joined CBS News to discuss what some of those factors were.
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