Articles for Wildfire Drought

Hone swirls past Hawaii's main islands after dumping enough rain to ease wildfire fears
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Hone swirls past Hawaii's main islands after dumping enough rain to ease wildfire fears

The Independent  

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How a perfect storm of climate and weather led to catastrophic Maui fire
1 year, 4 months ago

How a perfect storm of climate and weather led to catastrophic Maui fire

LA Times  

The hall of historic Waiola Church in Lahaina and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission on Wainee Street in Lahaina are engulfed in flames Tuesday. Areas in “severe drought” include Maui’s leeward side — where the now burned town of Lahaina is — while the windward side is considered “abnormally dry.” “A lack of humidity and a lack of moisture is what …

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Mother bears and cubs battle for survival as wildfire, drought and traffic take heavy toll
2 years, 11 months ago

Mother bears and cubs battle for survival as wildfire, drought and traffic take heavy toll

LA Times  

An orphaned bear cub walks along a mountain road affected by the Dixie fire in Plumas County in August 2021. “I can’t think of a worse situation for wildlife — bears running for their lives from fire and then getting whacked by cars,” said Fraser Shilling, director of the Road Ecology Center at UC Davis. “I knew those bears were …

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Officials in Oregon reacting to drought and wildfire risks
3 years, 6 months ago

Officials in Oregon reacting to drought and wildfire risks

Associated Press  

SALEM, Ore. — In northeast Oregon’s Union County, the snowpack is so thin that it has completely melted away in measurement sites. The conditions in Union County, home to 27,000 people spread out over 2,000 square miles, mirror those in much of the West Coast, where drought is above or near record levels, creating increased wildfire risk and hurting farmers, …

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Oregon fall firestorms cautionary tale in worsening drought
3 years, 6 months ago

Oregon fall firestorms cautionary tale in worsening drought

Associated Press  

OTIS, Ore. — Wildfire smoke was thick when Tye and Melynda Small went to bed on Labor Day, but they weren’t too concerned. “It was one of the scariest things I’ve ever gone through.” The fire that leveled the rural community of 3,500 people was part of an Oregon wildfire season last fall that destroyed more than 4,000 homes, killed …

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