Debris from the 2023 wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii
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Wildfires in the western United States aren’t just getting bigger. They are also growing faster, putting millions of people and property at greater risk.
“When you think about the destruction of homes and lives lost, you really have to consider the speed of the fire rather than the size of the fire,” he says. jennifer balch At the University of Colorado Boulder.
Fast-spreading wildfires, such as California’s Camp Fire in 2021 and Hawaii’s Lahaina fire last year, are especially destructive, making them essentially unstoppable because they advance faster than firefighters can take action…
Source: www.newscientist.com
