Biden Says Wildfires Will Get Worse If Trump Wins Second Term

WILMINGTON, DE — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said the wildfires that have ravaged the west coast states of California, Oregon and Washington in recent days will only get worse if President Donald Trump wins a second term in the upcoming Nov. 3 election. Biden said Trump has "no interest in meeting this moment" during a Monday afternoon address from Wilmington, Delaware, the Washington Post reports.

Biden called Trump a "climate arsonist" in the speech. He said climate change is worsening, and it's making wildfires and other natural disasters ever more dangerous.

"The unrelenting impact of climate change affects every single, solitary one of us," Biden said.

At least 35 people have been killed and more than 3 million acres burned due to the recent fires in the western states.

Trump has made no mention of any role played by climate change in the wildfires raging through the West, even as scientists say it's behind the rising heat and dwindling snow and rain that are making California far drier and fires far worse.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.