From rare to rampant: Northeast wildfires spike in 2024 — here’s how it could impact home insurance

A new report from Moody's labeled 2024's fall wildfires in the Northeast during a record-setting drought as a “major threat,” creating a higher risk that will put upward pressure on insurance premiums across the region from now on.

From rare to rampant: Northeast wildfires spike in 2024 — here’s how it could impact home insurance

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Firefighting Aircraft Market Report 2024-2033: Key Trends, Opportunities and Strategies

A new report titled "Firefighting Aircraft Market Opportunities and Strategies to 2033" provides an overview of the firefighting aircraft market, covering 2018-2023, termed the historic period, then projects the market out to 2033.

Firefighting Aircraft Market Report 2024-2033: Key Trends, Opportunities and Strategies

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‘Disaster amnesia’: The Los Angeles wildfires revealed a deeper, more vicious cycle that has plagued California for decades

Fortune Magazine explored the phenomenon known as Disaster Amnesia as it relates to wildfires, with the director and chair of the University of Southern California Lusk Center for Real Estate discussing how the term refers to people and societies forgetting or even minimizing the risk and impact of natural disasters over time, to the point that they are less prepared when it happens again.

‘Disaster amnesia’: The Los Angeles wildfires revealed a deeper, more vicious cycle that has plagued California for decades

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Forest Service fires 3,400 people after ‘deferred resignation’ deadline passes

The U.S. Forest Service is firing roughly 3,400 federal employees across every level of the agency as part of the Trump administration’s “Fork in the Road” program, targeting employees who are still within their probationary period.

Forest Service fires 3,400 people after ‘deferred resignation’ deadline passes

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Evacuation warnings issued in Southern California as heavy rain brings threat of mudslides in areas scarred by wildfires

For the second time this year, Southern Californians were forced to evacuate their homes as rainfall threatened new destruction in areas still recovering from last month’s devastating wildfires, forecasts calling for coastal areas and valleys to get up to 3 inches of rain through Friday, with mountainous areas facing up to 6 inches.

Evacuation warnings issued in Southern California as heavy rain brings threat of mudslides in areas scarred by wildfires

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NASA, Australian scientists to track lightning-sparked bushfires from space

Australian researchers have teamed up with NASA to combat devastating bushfires sparked by lightning through the IGNIS Project, which will study lightning in a dry-lightning hotspot to provide earlier detection of bushland blazes.

NASA, Australian scientists to track lightning-sparked bushfires from space

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Wildfire mitigation projects caught up in Trump’s spending freeze

In a letter to the Trump administration sent Monday, 14 Democrats wrote that they were hearing from constituents that “the Bureau of Land Management has issued stop work orders” for projects that aim to reduce wildfire risk.

Wildfire mitigation projects caught up in Trump’s spending freeze

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