people recognized him-the sort of ratings(声誉) usually reserved for Mickey Mouse and the president.Smokey's popularity made him an effective helper for the Forest Service's fire prevention.During these years, the average number of annual wildfires in the United States decreased by over 40,000....
active wildfires, and sustained high wind damage," Shayna Decker, Hawaiian Electric spokesperson, said in a statement. "Our focus right now is the safety of our communities, customers, and workforce and prioritizing power restoration to areas that our crews can safely access. We ...
DEADLIEST WILDFIRES IN MODERN U.S. The death toll meant the disaster officially became deadlier than California's Camp Fire in 2018, which killed 85 and became the deadliest fire in American history over the last 100 years. It also surpassed the state's deadliest previous largest natural disaste...
Joseph Manning, a professor of classics and history at Yale University, says that in today’s world, the after-effects of volcanoes are much more dangerous than the direct impact. Because of technological advances, we’re able to more accurately predict when volcanic eruptions will occur in time...
Although the world’s focus has been on the coronavirus pandemic, the presence of natural disasters has persisted, and in some cases, compounded with COVID-19, becoming even costlier. A record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season, flash floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and wildfires plagued ...
The Maui wildfires are now thedeadliest natural disasterin state history. At least 80 people have been killed, county officials said Friday night, and many are still missing. Theblazesremain ongoing as of Saturday morning, with fire crews battling flare-ups overnight. Gov. Josh Green warned tha...
I study hurricane history asa geographer and climatologistin one of those hard-hit states, South Carolina. Helene was by far the deadliest inland hurricane on record,exceeding Hurricane Agnesin 1972, which killed 128 people in the northeastern U.S. And ...
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Domestic violence rose last year. It was more widespread geographically, more pronounced in populous areas and had more internal types of violence associated with it.
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