wildfire
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"It's fair to say that we've learnt a lot from this season... and there's lots that we'll be putting into place, particularly following the wildfire summits," said Adam Openshaw, deputy chief fire officer for SWFRS.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Under current law, the cap will end when the state wildfire fund, as well as an additional $18-billion reserve created last year, are depleted, leaving shareholders exposed to greater costs of future fires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
A separate Welsh government wildfire summit also led to promises of action to improve preparedness, external.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Although the mayor was back in L.A. the following day, she struggled to regain her footing during the televised wildfire updates that aired live before an anxious public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
At first the wildfire had scared him, but over time van der Donck had come to relish the spectacle of the yearly burning.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
"We need to start taking wildfires as seriously as the continent has done," he said, raising issues such as a lack of firefighting aircraft.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Indonesia's wildfires are a yearly occurrence, widely associated with industrial-scale land clearing to make way for crops like oil palm.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
She was abroad in Ghana as part of a presidential delegation when deadly wildfires erupted in early 2025.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
The popularity of incumbent mayor Karen Bass, a Democrat, has been dampened by frustration over persistent homelessness and the fallout from devastating wildfires in early 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
She knew as well as her dad did that giant sequoias were adapted to withstand wildfires.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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Earth Science - Middle School
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