How America courted increasingly destructive wildfires − and what that means for protecting homes today
Fire suppression, building in high fire-risk areas and climate change have set the stage for destructive fires.
Fire suppression, building in high fire-risk areas and climate change have set the stage for destructive fires.
Wind speed, climate change, past land-management practices and current human activities are reshaping fire behavior.
Only a high-level independent investigative commission can fully unravel this disaster’s interconnected causes.
Florida and California are different, but they both face a climate threat that’s fundamental, serious and growing.
Two congressional reports make clear that 'the model of insurance as it stands right now isn't working.'
When Hurricane Milton hit, jails in Manatee and Pinellas counties were under mandatory evacuation orders but weren't evacuated.
While climate change sets the stage for larger and more intense fires, humans are actively fanning the flames.
According to the European Union's climate agency, 2024 is also the first year to breach a key climate threshold.
With the US averaging over 60,000 wildfires each year, they have clearly become a whole-of-society problem.
Fire-produced thunderstorms are much more common than anyone realized just a few years ago.
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