Water: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver discusses the water shortage in the American west, how it’s already impacting the people who live there, and what God has to say about ...
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Wildfires and the American West (USA)
a collection of resources about fire, the American West
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Built to Burn - Wildfires, and Design of Housing, Landscape || 99% Invisible
The Santa Ana winds of Southern California are sometimes called the “Devil Winds.” They pick up in the late summer and early fall, sweeping down fr...
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Why the North American west is on fire - The Economist explains
THE fires are blazing. The west of the United States has endured some 50,000 wildfires this year, and over 8.5m acres (3.4m hectares) have burned. ...
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Natural disasters cost U.S. a record $306 billion last year - CBS News
Sixteen natural disasters cost more than a billion dollars each in 2017, and the total cost blew past the previous U.S. record “Extreme weather ...
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The Places in the U.S. Where Disaster Strikes Again and Again - The New York Times
In the last 16 years, most of the damages caused by catastrophes like wildfires and hurricanes have been concentrated in just a few areas...
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Glacier National Park is on fire — and yes, warming is making things worse | Grist
Montana is already becoming a vastly different place.
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U.S. Wildfire Causes 1980-2016
A map of wildfire causes from 1980-2016
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Mendocino Complex fire now largest in California history, capping destructive year
As residents whose homes were threatened by the deadly Carr Fire in Redding begin to return home, the Mendocino Complex Fire in Lake County grew ag...
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Fire and Rain -- Floods after Forest Fires || 99% Invisible
Nestled between the mountains and the ocean, right next to Santa Barbara, sits Montecito, California. The community is charming and geographically ...
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‘Entering Burn Area’: Yosemite After the Fire - The New York Times
America’s national parks are increasingly bearing the burden of climate change, as rising temperatures and new weather patterns create mega blazes....
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Camp Fire: The Terrifying Science Behind California’s Massive Blaze | WIRED
Lots of wind along with very dry vegetation turned the Northern California wildfire into a high-speed menace that tore through Paradise and Butte C...
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Why California’s Wildfires Are So Destructive, In 5 Charts | FiveThirtyEight
The Camp Fire in Northern California has already been the most lethal and most destructive in state history, and it continues to burn. The death to...
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Water-dropping helicopters grounded due to illegal drones - Los Angeles Times (2019)
A firefighting helicopter had to be grounded several times overnight to avoid a drone whose pilot was apparently trying to snap photos of the flames.
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How they survived: Owners of few homes left standing took critical steps to ward off wildfires
In a place where the Camp Fire destroyed almost every residence, simple measures saved others.
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