Climate Wildfires
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Your home has a 1 in 4 chance of being at severe risk from extreme weather
Here's what that means for your insurance policy.
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![A photo shows a man in a hard hat looking up at a drone flying above a forest on a cloudy day]()
![A photo shows a man in a hard hat looking up at a drone flying above a forest on a cloudy day]()
How drones and AI are changing the way we fight wildfires
As the threat of wildfires intensifies, modern technology is playing an increasingly large role in both research and management. But not all communities have access to it.
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Homeowners affected by the 2023 Maui wildfires: Here’s how to keep and rebuild your home
Hereʻs a list of resources to get funding and help to save and rebuild your house.
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![A couple looks at the charred remains of their home burned in the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, January 9, 2025. Massive wildfires that engulfed whole neighborhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles remained totally uncontained January 9, 2025, authorities said, as US National Guard soldiers readied to hit the streets to help quell disorder. Swaths of the United States' second-largest city lay in ruins, with smoke blanketing the sky and an acrid smell pervading almost every building.]()
![A couple looks at the charred remains of their home burned in the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, January 9, 2025. Massive wildfires that engulfed whole neighborhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles remained totally uncontained January 9, 2025, authorities said, as US National Guard soldiers readied to hit the streets to help quell disorder. Swaths of the United States' second-largest city lay in ruins, with smoke blanketing the sky and an acrid smell pervading almost every building.]()
Illegal price-gouging is rampant after disasters. Can it be stopped?
Rents jumped 20 percent after this year’s Los Angeles wildfires, forcing displaced residents to scramble for housing in an already-tough market.
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Two years after a wildfire took everything, Maui homeowners are facing a new threat: Foreclosure
A Native Hawaiian mother’s fight to keep her family in Lāhainā despite soaring costs, mortgage limbo, and land-hungry investors eager to own a piece of Hawaiʻi.
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![A firefighter stands on a hill overlooking Los Angeles. He's spraying a hose. Below him is a fire and billowing smoke; above him is a helicopter.]()
![A firefighter stands on a hill overlooking Los Angeles. He's spraying a hose. Below him is a fire and billowing smoke; above him is a helicopter.]()
As California burns, new research shows smoke is wildfire’s silent killer
The official death count from the Palisades and Eaton fires was 30 — the real number may be 15 times higher.
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![Firefighter stands on road next to a wildfire. The photo is tinged red from fire.]()
![Firefighter stands on road next to a wildfire. The photo is tinged red from fire.]()
The Trump administration claims roads in forests prevent wildfires. Researchers disagree.
Experts say repealing the "Roadless Rule" won't help stop fires, but it will help loggers.
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![Glenn Harris of the Bureau of Land Management surveys the scorched land of the watershed above Casatic Power Plant in the hills above Los Angeles.]()
![Glenn Harris of the Bureau of Land Management surveys the scorched land of the watershed above Casatic Power Plant in the hills above Los Angeles.]()
Pollution from wildfires can contaminate our water for up to 8 years, study finds
An analysis of 500 watersheds found levels of organic carbon, phosphorus, and other pollutants up to 103 times higher after a wildfire.
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How shrinking the EPA could make wildfire smoke even more dangerous
"It will leave communities more vulnerable."
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![Birds fly past a pile of wood used to make pellets at a Drax facility in Gloster, Mississippi.]()
![Birds fly past a pile of wood used to make pellets at a Drax facility in Gloster, Mississippi.]()
In California, a biomass company’s expansion raises fears of more fires
Facilities that make wood pellets have a track record of catching on fire. So why are there plans to build several near Yosemite's tinderbox forests?
