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New York Times Maps of the California Wildfires Published on31 October 2019byJonathan Crowe TheNew York Timesmaps ongoing wildfires in California—and the state of things is that I have to specifywhich: in 2019; the Easy, Getty and Kincade fires in Ventura, Los Angeles and Sonoma counties, ...
Strong winds were blowing again Monday in California, bringing with them bad news for millions of people hoping to avoid some of the most destructive wildfires the state has ever seen. The whipping winds -- and tinder-dry conditions -- will threaten areas statewide for the rest of th...
This period aligns with many of the warmest years on record nationwide, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The land area burned by wildfires varies by state, with more land typically burning in the western United States compared to the East....
Wildfires raged across Northern California and southern Oregon in August. But thanks to a new map application, two local utilities were able to monitor and protect more than 16,000 miles of transmission lines that serve nearly two million customers.Esri...
Two maps: John Nelson’s100 Years of Wildfireis a static map showing a century of California wildfires, simplified into zones of 100 square miles. The map measures the cumulative burn area for each zone over that entire time: this can exceed 100 or even 200 percent if large fires are frequ...
The 2023 blaze in Lahaina, Hawaii, which claimed more than 100 lives and burned 6,500 acres of land across Maui, is a tragic example of how rapid wildfire spread can make effective response efforts impossible, resulting in ...
This year’s wildfire has consumed more than 11 million hectares of forested land and forced close to 160,000 people from their homes. It has already surpassed the 2020 California wildfires as the most destructive ever observed in North America....
The impact of natural sources on air quality is highly dependent on the local environment. For example, locations near large deserts like the Sahara are greatly impacted by windblown dust and sand, while forested locations are more likely to experience air pollution from wildfires. Household ...