Wildfires are getting bigger, more expensive and closer to people’s homes. We examine how wildfires got so dangerous – and how some are fighting back.
Climate Change
How climate change affects the U.S. and the world, from drought and mass migration to food security and global conflicts
See how climate change could bring disaster to some popular coastal national parks
Researchers contracted by the National Park Service have projected what happen to some iconic national parks if greenhouse gases keep growing.
Burning hotter and faster
We look at the recent Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive in California’s history, and revisit an investigation from earlier this year.
Flood thy neighbor: Who stays dry and who decides?
One Missouri town’s levee saga captures what’s wrong with America’s approach to controlling rivers.
Redding confronts a deadly pattern: A history of wildfires and development in high-fire-risk areas
Wildfires are once again claiming homes and lives in a Northern California city that has pushed into wildfire-prone areas.
Built to burn
Do officials need to reconsider their approach to building where the risk of wildfire is highest?
Built to burn
Nearly 5,000 homes were destroyed or damaged when fires swept through Sonoma County. But fire had scorched a similar area of the county in 1964.
How has severe weather affected you?
Tell us about your experience with rising seas and climate change.
The tide is high
Reveal investigates government policies that let people build in harm’s way, make it difficult to move them to safety and fail to tally the dead.
In 6 aerial images: How California wine country was primed for disaster
The conditions for the unfolding catastrophe in the area were set long ago, both in wine country and throughout California.