Topics Wildfires
Billion-Dollar Disasters Trending Up
The four years with the most billion-dollar disasters have all happened since 2011.
States With the Most Billion-Dollar Disasters
These states have suffered the most billion-dollar weather and climate disasters since 1980.
A 2018 Summer of Extremes
From deluge to wildfires, summer 2018 was one of extremes in the U.S.
Breathing Fire: All This Smoke Means Smaller Newborns And More ER Visits
People with lung conditions are more likely to refill prescriptions and be hospitalized during smoke waves, and when pregnant mothers are exposed there’s a “small but significant" decline in birth weight.
Breathing Fire: Wildfire Smoke Forcing Idahoans Indoors
Idahoans are being affected by pollution from worsening wildfires linked to the weather, climate change and forest management policies. The smoke is creating public health risks and undermining decades of air quality gains.
Breathing Fire: California’s Central Valley Bears the Brunt of Wildfire Smoke
Worsening wildfires linked to the weather, climate change and forest management policies are causing unprecedented smoke pollution across the West and beyond, creating public health risks and undermining decades of air quality gains.
Wildfire Smoke Health Risks
Even small concentrations of smoke pollution from wildfires can be harmful to human health.
Smoke Wave Days in the Western U.S.
Smoke pollution from wildfires threatens the advancements the U.S. has made in cleaning its air.
