Lahaina Family Describes an Impossible Escape From the Maui Wildfires
The wind had never felt so fierce. Folau Tone steadied himself as a gale whipped through his street in Lahaina. Trying to nail down the rattling tin roof on his…
Canada Revisits Ancient Prevention Tactics to Battle Wildfires
The wildfire was blazing a clear path toward a Canadian lakeside tourist spot in British Columbia with a population of 222,000 people. The fire advanced on the city of Kelowna…
Opinion | A Legacy of Colonialism Set the Stage for the Maui Wildfires
Puerto Rico and Hawaii have always felt to me like reverse sides of the imperial coin. My fellow Boricuas who support statehood often point to the Aloha State as a…
Hawaii Wildfires Spur Insurers to Reassess the State’s Risk
Just days after the Maui fires, Roy Wright, the head of an insurance industry-funded research organization, began mobilizing a team. His team’s job is to analyze exactly how the fires…
In Photos: Greece’s Catastrophic Wildfires
With forests parched from weeks of scorching heat waves, the authorities in Greece feared that this summer’s conditions had created more opportunities to spark catastrophic wildfires. Those fears came true…
As Wildfires Spread, Anger Rises in Greece Over Government Response
Even as the Greek authorities battled scores of wildfires, stretching from north to south on the mainland, the fires encroaching on a treasured national park north of Athens on Thursday…
California Firefighters Are Training A.I. to Detect Wildfires
For years, firefighters in California have relied on a vast network of more than 1,000 mountaintop cameras to detect wildfires. Operators have stared into computer screens around the clock looking…